Table of Contents
Tools & Training: Data Organization
Recommended Reading: Data Organization
Tools & Training: Data Analysis
Recommended Reading: Data Analysis
Tools & Training: Data Sharing and Archiving
Recommended Reading:Data Sharing and Archiving
Data Quality and Documentation
Tools & Training: Data Quality and Documentation
Recommended Reading: Data Quality and Documentation
Tools & Training: Data Management Planning
Recommended Reading: Data Management Planning
Data Management Tools
- Open Science FrameworkThe Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free, open source web application that connects and supports the research workflow, enabling scientists to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their research. Researchers use the OSF to collaborate, document, archive, share, and register research projects, materials, and data. The OSF is the flagship product of the non-profit Center for Open Science.
- LabArchivesLabArchives is cloud-based Electronic Lab Notebook software that can be used by researchers, instructors, and students for input and organization of laboratory data, information sharing and collaboration, and saving historical versions of files. It is appropriate for use in a wide variety of laboratories, including biology, chemistry, engineering and more.
Data Management Overview Training
- DataOne Best Practices Database"The DataONE Best Practices database provides individuals with recommendations on how to effectively work with their data through all stages of the data lifecycle (shown below). Users can access best practices within the database by either clicking on a stage of the lifecycle, selecting keywords (under advanced search) or using free search."
*They also provide a Best Practices Primer which is a great introduction to data management.* - DataOne Training Modules"Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data." DataOne provides its data management education modules free of charge.
- ICPSR's Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving: Introduction"The Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving is aimed at those engaged in the cycle of research, from applying for a research grant, through the data collection phase, and ultimately to preparation of the data for deposit in a public archive. The Guide is a compilation of best practices gleaned from the experience of many archivists and investigators."
- MANTRA Research Data Management TrainingMANTRA is an online course designed by the University of Edinburgh for "PhD students and others who are planning a research project using digital data."