[EB] Eurobarometer databases at ZEUS

[Hermann Schmitt]

The Eurobarometer data-bases at ZEUS are now accessible via the Internet

ZEUS -- the "Zentrum fuer Europaeische Umfrageanalysen und Studien" at the
University of Mannheim -- is currently in a process of re-definition. As a
first outgrow of this, our Eurobarometer databases are now accessible via
the Internet at: 

		http://zeus.mzes.uni-mannheim.de

It is now possible for every comparativist to identify survey questions
relevant for his or her research, and to determine when and how often
particular questions (or different but similar ones) have been asked in
the 25 years of Eurobarometer survey history. The obvious next step is to
allow users to retrieve from our databases not just questionnaire
information but the data itself -- in the form of SPSS portable files
containing multiple variables from a plurality of surveys, which will come 
with proper labeling and definiton of missing cases. We are currently
working on this. 

Your evaluations of, and suggestions about, this new facility are very
welcome! 

Hermann Schmitt