1. Nesstar, ESDS International and ESDS Qualidata online demonstrations ASLIB visit to the UK Data Archive Wednesday 24 November 2004 Louise Corti, Associate Director

6. Nesstar software browse detailed information (metadata) about these data sources, including links to other sources do simple data analysis and visualisation on microdata bookmark analyses download the appropriate subset of data in one of a number of formats (e.g. SPSS, Excel)

7. Searching and Browsing flexible way to search catalogue - simple or structured examine metadata (search fields in DDI) catalogue data dictionary –value labels to select categorical variables –question text user guides background material –provenance –response rates

8. Browsing Data examine the content required for analysis remote statistical engine carries out merges and tabulations results matrix transferred to the client for display descriptives and crosstabulations regressions and scatterplots graphics tables to microdata and back again

17. Fertility Rates in Europe

18. Online access to qualitative data new emphasis on providing direct access to collection content –supports more powerful resource discovery –greater scope for searching and browsing content of data (supplementary to higher level study-related metadata) –since users can search and explore content directly… can retrieve data immediately providing access to qualitative data via common interface (ESDS Qualidata Online) supporting tools for searching, retrieval, and analysis across different datasets

19. Using ESDS Qualidata Online