Repository details

ZACAT

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Name of repository
ZACAT
Additional name(s)
  • GESIS Online Study Catalogue
Repository URL
https://zacat.gesis.org/webview/
Subject(s)
Description
<<<!!!<<< The ZACAT server is end-of-life The ZACAT server is EOL and has been taken offline. The software driving the portal has been unmaintained for several years and could no longer be reasonably sustained. We have expanded https://search.gesis.org to include information on the studies' variable level where available, which is a superset of the studies in ZACAT. Please use the variable search on https://search.gesis.org to identify and download datasets. >>>!!!>>>
Contact(s)
  • administrative: zacat@gesis.org
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
  • institutional
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • serviceProvider

Dates

Started
1986
Offline
2023-01-24

Institutions (1)

Institution name
GESIS
Additional name(s)
  • Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
  • Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (3)

Policy name
CESSDA Data Access Policy
Policy name
Usage regulations
Policy name
Digital Preservation Policy

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database license
CC0

Data access (3)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • feeRequired
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • feeRequired

Data licenses (1)

Data license
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • feeRequired
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
Name of the repository software
  • Nesstar
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
https://www.gesis.org/en/services/finding-and-accessing-data/data-archive-service/citation-of-research-data
Enhanced publication
yes

Metadata standards (2)

Metadata standard
DataCite Metadata Schema
Metadata standard
DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
Description: "ZACAT is a social science data portal allowing you to search for, browse, analyse and download social science survey data, provided by GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. ZACAT includes data from International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), Eurobarometer, European Values Study (EVS), Studies from Eastern Europe, ALLBUS, Politbarometer (German documentation), Election Studies (Germany), Childhood, adolescence and becoming an adult, and LebensRäume." GESIS-ZACAT is member of CESSDA ERIC (Council of European Social Science Data Archives)
Entry date
2013-03-08
Last update
2024-12-12
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re3data.org: ZACAT; editing status 2024-12-12; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R3P594 last accessed: 2026-06-21