Data sources by subject area:
Other guides related to research data:
More Data Resources:
- GIS & Digital Mapping Sarah Watson's introductory guide offering resources for projects involving GIS, digital mapping, and geospatial technologies.
- ICPSR: In-Depth Research Guide Margie Ruppel's detailed guide to ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research): a data resource for University of Kentucky faculty, students and staff.
- Research Data Services at UK UK Libraries' guide on Resources and information to help you get started with data management, data preservation, and data sharing.
Research Methods & Protocols
- Research Methods & Protocols Guide covers research methods, research design, statistical methods, research ethics and research protocols for a vast range of disciplines.
Research & Teaching Resources:
- Open Educational Resources Adrian Ho's guide about UK Libraries' Alternative Textbook Program. It also provides an overview of free online peer-reviewed textbooks and offers assistance with finding and adapting them for courses.
- Publishing, Research, & Scholarly Communication Adrian Ho's guide on resources supporting the research process. Brings together apps, data tools, library collections, and scholarly communication resources.
- Resources & Support for Digital Scholarship Jennifer Hootman's guide with broad coverage of technologies, methodologies, resources, and scholarship in the digital humanities
Data Standards, Best Practices, and Guiding Principles
- Best practices for creating reusable data packages (from Dryad)
A set of best practices for reusable data, including (among many): protocols, data conventions, and descriptive principles. Although these guidelines for creating data packages focus on Dryad specifically, many of the stated principles apply universally. - FAIRsharing
A curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards -- inter-related to databases and data policies. - FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship
• F = Findable • A = Accessible • I = Interoperable • R = Reusable
DOI's for Datasets
- DataCite
DataCite is a non-profit organization that provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research data. UK Libraries is a DataCite member and registers DOIs for datasets posted to UKnowledge.