Changes to ESDS & ESRC Census Programme

“As you may know, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has funded a new national service that will consolidate and incorporate four established data services and websites:

• Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)
• Census.ac.uk
• Secure Data Service (SDS)
• Survey Question Bank (SQB)

This week the new UK Data Service launched its website, which will affect how you find and access data and related resources. Most notably:

• The ESDS website will remain during the transition, however content there will not be maintained and could become out of date.
• These remaining websites will have automatic redirects to the new UK Data Service website, however those redirects may not exactly match the pages you currently use.
• Survey Question Bank (SQB)

We encourage you to visit the UK Data Service website and get acquainted with what you can find there. Here are the main links you should be aware of. All links are live as of Friday 22 March 2013:

Homepage	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk
Data Catalogue (now called Discover)	http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk
Major studies (now called Key Data)	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/key-data
How to access	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/how-to-access
Secure access (formerly Secure Data Service)	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/secure-access
Manage data	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/manage-data
Deposit data	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/deposit-data
Cite data	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/use-data/citing-data
Census Support	http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk
FAQ	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/help/faq
Help (Get in touch)	http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/help/get-in-touch

We appreciate your patience as we transition services to the UK Data Service. We also encourage you to read the FAQs for answers to specific questions and concerns that will affect regular users. As always, get in touch if you need personal support.”