Data: Research Data

Research Data Overview

Data collected, created, or generated as part of a research project. Datasets are increasingly being recognized as standalone scholarly publications.

Sometimes! More and more researchers are making their data openly accessible online.

The most common ways to find research data are:

searching within a research data repository
using a tool that searches across different research data repositories
exploring data journals and data papers
- data journals: focus on the publication of datasets and their accompanying data papers
- data papers: thoroughly describe a dataset and provide contextual information, such as collection methodologies

Use a registry like re3data to identify which repositories publish data on your topic.

re3data
A global directory of research data repositories from various academic disciplines.

Use a tool like DataCite to search for datasets across different repositories.

DataCite
Searches across many large data repositories. Filter by resource type "dataset". In results list click on DOI link to access datasets.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
A data archive of research in the social sciences, hosting specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Access note: To access data including data licensed by the University of Saskatchewan you must create an account.

License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.