Social science resources

Disciplinary Metadata Standards

Information about metadata standards in a wide range of academic disciplines, from the DCC.

Ethical review of Oxford research involving human participants.

Extensive good practice advice from the UK’s largest social science and humanities data archive.

A simple activity-based costing tool from the UK Data Service – designed for social science research projects.

A self-deposit system for storing and sharing research data, hosted by the UK Data Service.

Guidance on preparing data for deposit and depositing data with the UK Data Service.

Training workshops, conferences, seminars and related events from the UK Data Service.

An introductory guide to best practice in data citation and the use of persistent identifiers.

Advice from the Archaeology Data Service, covering the whole data lifecycle.

A guide from the UK Data Service for those undertaking research surveys.