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JDCat compiles metadata (e.g., information on authors and time periods) provided byresearch institutes participating in this program. Through cross-sectorial data search,
JDCat facilitates access to a wide variety of humanities and social sciences data heldby these research institutes. An English version of the Catalog is provided for use byoverseas researchers. (Some metadata are omitted).

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Examples of data provided by participating research institutes*◆ Japanese General Social Surveys：JGSS* Further data scheduled to be added in sequentially.

（JGSS Research Center at Osaka University of Commerce）◆ Japan Household Panel Survey and other panel surveys

（Panel Data Research Center at Keio University）◆ Japanese Life Course Panel Survey of the Youth (JLPS-Y)
（Center for Social Research and Data Archives, Institute of Social Science, the University of Tokyo）◆ Statistical Yearbooks of Japan since the Early Meiji Era, and Questionnaire Forms and Survey Overviews of Official Statistics（Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University）◆ Materials of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han Abe Family

（Historiographical Institute of the University of Tokyo）

Examples of system usage◆ Data needed for your research can be retrieved via batch search of archived data.
◆ Citation/use of your research data is expanded when your metadata deposited in a participating research institutes are listed inJDCat.
◆ The Catalog can be used for education as it allows teachers and students to use the same data when, forexample, teaching analytical methods.

URL／https://jdcat.jsps.go.jp

For Researchers in theHumanities and SocialSciences

The Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience provides the following Guideand Data Catalog to promote the sharing
and use of data in the Humanities andSocial Sciences.
You are invited to take advantage ofthese resources in conducting yourresearch activities.

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when sharing and using data?
⇒A Guide to Data Sharing in theHumanities and Social Sciences

Want to find useful data whenpursuing your research?
⇒Japan Data Catalog for the Humanities andSocial Sciences (JDCat) ⇒【To reverse side】

A Guide to Data Sharing
in the Humanities andSocial Sciences*
This systematic guide for data sharing isformulated in sync with the guidelines of overseas
and international organizations. Please use thisGuide when collecting, analyzing, sharing, or using
data in your research.

人文学・社会科学におけるデータ共有のための手引き
̶人文学・社会科学データインフラストラクチャーの構築に向けて̶

令和 3（2021）年 11 月

* The guide is written in Japanese.

Examples:◆ Meaning/importance of data sharing◆M etadata (Humanities series/SocialSciences series)◆ Data format◆ Privacy and anonymization◆ Data copyrights

独立行政法人日本学術振興会
人文学・社会科学データインフラストラクチャー構築推進事業

https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-di/guide.html

Humanities and Social Sciences Section, University-Industry Cooperation and Research Program Division, Research Program
Department, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Kojimachi Business Center, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN. Phone：+81-3-3263-1106 E-mail：di-hs@jsps.go.jp