 Welcome to this UK data service guide about citing survey data. The guide shows how to cite survey data obtained from the UK data service. The UK data service has a searchable data catalogue which enables access to data suitable for research and teaching purposes. You can access data collections, variables, case studies, ESRC outputs and support or how-to guides. Here's the range of types of data that are available from our catalogue. They include survey microdata, census data, international microdata and qualitative and mixed methods data. This video explains how to cite survey data. Looking at survey microdata, to find the citation for a particular microdata collection, go to the catalogue record of that particular data collection, scroll down and the citation is easily found below the abstract and circled here in red. All you need to do is copy and paste the citation into your list of bibliographic references. There are several options for the format of the citation to suit your needs. The default citation format is APA and citations are also available in other formats including Data Site, Harvard and Vancouver. You may also export the citation in XML format using CSL or EndNote. To select a particular format for a citation from the catalogue record, choose a format from the drop-down menu or choose one of the XML formats. You'll notice the text in the box changes to the correct syntax for that format. Just select the text and copy and paste it into your document. You may wish to cite several data sets from the same group of data collections. Each data collection needs to be cited individually. However, if the data collections form a discrete entity, they may be grouped into a generic. One or more of these groups may form a series. If several data collections from a particular group are used, they should have a joint citation. The UK Data Service has a format for such joint citations and here is an example of one. You can find further information on our Citing Data webpage and a link is given to it here. For more information, including additional video guides about data citation, please see the UK Data Service Citing Data page.