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Irish Social Science Data Archive

The Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) is Ireland’s leading centre for quantitative data acquisition, preservation, and dissemination. Based at UCD Library, its mission is to ensure access to quantitative datasets in the social sciences, and to advance the promotion of international comparative studies of the Irish economy and Irish society.

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ISSDA's new data repository, ISSDA Dataverse, is coming soon. In the meantime if you wish to request data please check the list of ISSDA Datasets.

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Find out about depositing your data with ISSDA

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Resources and Training

Find guidance and training on research data management in the social sciences

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Keep up to date with ISSDA related news, new datasets, events and more

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ISSDA Links

ISSDA Webinars

View previous webinars on the ISSDA YouTube channel

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ISSDA Zotero Library

Find publications citing or using ISSDA datasets

CESSDA Data Catalogue

Find social science data from over 20 European data archives

CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG)

This guide helps social science researchers make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR)

UCD Research Data Management Guide

UCD Library guide bringing together resources and services to facilitate researchers in the production of high quality data

Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA)

James Joyce Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

E: issda@ucd.ie