This activity will show you how to obtain detailed data set descriptions and user guides from ESDS International site. You will use the UN Common Data-base as your example.

From the ESDS International 'About ESDS International' page, click the 'Data' tab or the 'Access data' link towards the bottom of the page.

On the resulting page 'Introduction to finding and accessing data' click 'United Nations Common Database' (near bottom of the page).

This gives you the short dataset description:

Now click 'UN Common Database user guide' (not the 'accessing' guide). This gives you the United Nations Common Database Users Guide