Help & Resources

On this page you will find various guides and helpful documents as well as videos.

Introductive guides about data

These documents are only available in German and French.

Willkommen in der Welt der Daten / Bienvenue dans le monde des données

Daten suchen und finden bei FORS / Chercher et trouver des données chez FORS

Das Datenmanagement / La gestion des données

General SWISSUbase Resources

Webinar: Discover SWISSUbase

User guide: submit a study and deposit data on SWISSUbase

Specific resources for preparing social science data and archiving it on SWISSUbase

Deposit your social sciences data on SWISSUbase: Basic requirements

The preparation of social science data for SWISSUbase: in detail

The preparation of social science data for SWISSUbase: in brief

Sharing data: A step-by-step checklist

Template: interview transcript

Webinars on Data Management

Planning Data Management for the social sciences and humanities – FORS-DASCH webinar series (material relating to this webinar is available on the dedicated web page)

Webinar on Data Management Planning

Webinar on Archiving and Data Sharing

Webinar on Data Protection

Webinar on Data Security

Webinar on Data Re-use

Webinar Anonymisation of Qualitative Data

Webinar on Anonymisation of Quantitative Data

Webinar on Informed consent

Webinar on Data Documentation

Webinar on Sharing data in the light of the new Data Protection Law