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Retrieving Information from Data Archives ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to review methods to retrieve information from social research data archives. The intended readership is researchers interested in secondary analysis of social research data and beginners in data archive utilization. First of all, The aims of using data archives are confirmed. That is to say, the aims are secondary analysis, meta-analysis, supplementary verification, descriptive analysis, and questionnaire references. To achieve these aims, the process needs to be taken in five steps;defining a research purpose,selecting an adequate data archive,retrieving information from the data archive,obtaining appropriate data, andanalyzing the data. Then we take examples of stepandin some data archives. In addition, some useful URLs are listed. Key Words: data archives, retrieving, secondary analysis