Research Register for Social Care - adding content

Before adding content to the Research Register you must be registered and approved. Once approved you will be given a username and password, which you can use to login to the website.

When you login, you will see a number of new options in the left-hand navigation bar. These are:

Edit your details – click here to change your personal details, including your username and password. Changes to your profile will only be seen in new records - please Contact us if you want to apply changes to existing content. Changing your user name and password may cause problems if you are using the toolkit - again Contact us for help with this.

Add items – click here to add a new item to the Research Register. Data is added by filling in a a simple form. This form is identical to the form that is used for updating information.

Delete or edit items – click here to see a list of all items you have added to the Research Register. This is the page that you arrive at when you login. Click on the title of an item to see the full record. From here you can update or delete the record using the 'Save' or 'Delete' buttons at the foot of the form.

• Click here for further information about adding and updating records.

Customise fields – click here to add your own fields to the database. You can use these customised fields to store management information or other data outside the core dataset. This information is only visible to you.

Bulk upload – click here to upload multiple records. You can do this by creating a file using the spreadsheet template that is available as part of the toolkit.