Data Management and Publishing

Guides to Data Management

The following guides cover general principles for managing your data, plus select information related to particular formats or disciplines.

• Australian National Data Service: Data Management for Researchers
• Australian National University: Data Management:
  Information from courses and a manual on data management.
• CIESIN: Geospatial Electronic Records: Resources on managing and preserving geospatial data and related electronic records.
• ICPSR Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving (pdf): Outlines best practices throughout the research process, including applying for a research grant, collecting data, and preparing data for deposit in a public archive.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Best Practices for Preparing Environmental Data Sets to Share and Archive: Describes the practices to make data sets ready to share with others.
• UK Data Archive: Create & Manage Data: Provides best practice strategies and methods for creating, preparing and storing shareable datasets. See also Managing and Sharing Data: a Best Practice Guide for Researchers (pdf).

Faculty Successes:

"I've had thousands of downloads of my published data--I am impressed that it's been so useful to others!"

Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT