Using the Archive: Academics and Researchers

Whether you are researching for a degree or a doctorate; whether you are writing a book or just fascinated by aspects of Britain’s recent past – you are in the right place.

The Archive of Market and Social Research (AMSR) offers unique resources for researchers interested in British society and social change. It gives free, direct online access to data, reports, and publications generated by field-leading social and market researchers over the last 60 years. It also provides a window on changing research practices and methodologies over time.

This Archive is a unique and eclectic collection capturing the history of the British people by the British people. It gives anyone interested in our recent shared past a rich source of real information from the people; not from the lives of the famous.

The archive is continually growing – much of its content has never been publicly available before. It offers rich possibilities for original research and research-based teaching, mostly across the disciplines of history, politics, sociology and media studies. And we are building a contemporary collection which will capture Covid, cost of living, Brexit and more.

Whatever your particular subject or interest, dive in and see what you can find.