{"id":60,"date":"2014-05-29T19:46:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T19:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries-dev.mit.edu\/data-management\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-11-25T20:13:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T20:13:17","slug":"find-repository","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"Find a data repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Repositories can help you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>manage your data<\/li>\n<li>cite your data by supplying a persistent identifier<\/li>\n<li>facilitate discovery of your data<\/li>\n<li>preserve your data over time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selecting your repository<\/h2>\n<p>In choosing a repository for your data, first consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Does your funder or a publisher require or suggest a specific repository?<br \/>\nSee our <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/scholarly\/mit-open-access\/research-funders\/\">Research Funder Requirements<\/a> page for information on some of the common funders.<\/li>\n<li>Is there a repository specific for your discipline or type of data?<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/ird.coar-repositories.org\/browser?lang=en\">COAR International Repository Directory<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.re3data.org\/\">Registry of Research Data Repositories<\/a> may be helpful in browsing options.<br \/>\nMIT Libraries&#8217; supported disciplinary repositories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/icpsr-at-mit\/\">ICPSR<\/a>: Social and behavioral sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/qdr-at-mit\/\">Qualitative Data Repository (QDR)<\/a>: Qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences and related disciplines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-stringify-indent=\"0\" data-stringify-border=\"0\">What are the desirable characteristics for a data repository?<br \/>\nSee the following resources for specific guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_ZG3ucyakblw-jy91NApxNP9-wDg36itUuITL-tKNkI\/\">Comparison chart<\/a> for OSTP, NIH, USRN<\/li>\n<li>OSTP\/NSTC, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5479\/10088\/113528\">Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NIH\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-21-016.html\">Selecting a Repository for Data Resulting from NIH-Supported Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/NIHbmic\/domain_specific_repositories.html\">NIH-Supported Data Sharing Resources<\/a> (repositories list)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-020-0486-7\">The TRUST Principles for digital repositories<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While there are many options to choose from, we\u2019ve highlighted a small set of recommended or supported repositories below to help researchers quickly review key features in making their decisions. Please refer to each repository\u2019s documentation for the most current information. To access MIT-associated benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harvard Dataverse: contact <a href=\"mailto:data-management@mit.edu\">data-management@mit.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/dryad\/\">Dryad at MIT<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/dryad\/#accountCreation\">Account creation\/linking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/store\/osf\/\">OSF at MIT<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/store\/osf\/#osfformit\">Log in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/qdr-at-mit\/\">QDR<\/a>: contact <a href=\"mailto:data-management@mit.edu\">data-management@mit.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/data-management\/share\/find-repository\/icpsr-at-mit\/\">ICPSR<\/a>:\u00a0Use libproxy.mit.edu address to <a href=\"https:\/\/www-icpsr-umich-edu.libproxy.mit.edu\/cgi-bin\/newacct\">create account<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www-icpsr-umich-edu.libproxy.mit.edu\/web\/pages\/ICPSR\/index.html\">login<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you would like to discuss what might work for you and your data, or if you see an error in the information below, contact <a href=\"mailto:data-management@mit.edu\">data-management@mit.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table class=\"pentagram\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 22.5955%\"><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #99ccff\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #99ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/dataverse.harvard.edu\/\">Dataverse<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff\"><a style=\"color: #99ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/\">Zenodo<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff\"><a style=\"color: #99ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/stash\/\">Dryad<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #99ccff\"><a style=\"color: #99ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\">OSF<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 80.2865%\" colspan=\"4\"><em><strong>File management<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">File &amp; dataset<br \/>\nsize limits<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.dataverse.harvard.edu\/curation-services\">2.5GB\/file; 2.5TB<\/a> per researcher.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/support.dataverse.harvard.edu\/large-data-support\">Large data support<\/a> (&gt;2.5TB) is available at Harvard affiliate pricing.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.zenodo.org\/\">50GB\/dataset<br \/>\n<\/a>(contact to discuss larger datasets)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/help\/requirements\/files#file-size\">2TB\/data publication<\/a>, with a recommended maximum individual file size of 10GB<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/help\/contact\">contact<\/a> to discuss larger datasets)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Public projects currently have a cap of <a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/137-osf-storage-caps\">50GB for native OSF storage<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos.io\/products\/osf-institutions\">100GB for members<\/a> &#8211; we are!) and a 5GB\/file upload limit. Storage is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cos.io\/osf-usage\">available for purchase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No limit for the amount of storage used across add-ons.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Useful integrations<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360019737314-Connect-Dataverse-to-a-Project\">Open Science Framework (OSF);\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/latest\/user\/dataset-management.html#dropbox-upload\">Dropbox<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.github.com\/activities\/citable-code\/\">Github<\/a><br \/>\n(archive a Github repo in Zenodo)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.datadryad.org\/2019\/07\/17\/funded-partnership-brings-dryad-and-zenodo-closer\/\">Zenodo<\/a><br \/>\n(for software publication)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/frictionlessdata.io\/blog\/2021\/08\/09\/dryad-pilot\/\">Frictionless Data<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Many <a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/377-add-ons-api-home-page\">integrations via add-ons<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Versioning support?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/latest\/user\/dataset-management.html#dataset-versions\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.zenodo.org\/#versioning\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Yes, for OSF storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Persistent, unique identifier support<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">DOI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">DOI for each version with a &#8220;Concept&#8221; and<br \/>\nDOI to represent &#8220;all versions&#8221;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">DOI<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">DOI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 80.2865%\" colspan=\"4\"><em><strong>Permissions &amp; access<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Allows multiple administrators?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Yes for Communities, unknown for individual items<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">User guestbook?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Data licensing<br \/>\noptions<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">CC0 default;<br \/>\ncustom Terms of Use optional<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">CC BY default and options of\u00a0 several Creative Commons licenses and open source software licenses<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">CC0 required<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/148-licensing\">14 licenses<\/a><br \/>\nare available, or custom license creation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Allows embargo?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/5.8\/user\/dataset-management.html#embargoes\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/about.zenodo.org\/policies\/\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/stash\/faq\">Yes, if allowed by journal<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/380-manage-registrations\">Yes, for registrations<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Provides private<br \/>\nURLs for peer review?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/latest\/user\/dataset-management.html\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Yes for <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zenodo.org\/2021\/02\/08\/2021-02-08-doing-it-right\/\">software through Dryad integration<\/a>; and by sharing secret link<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/stash\/faq#ppr\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.osf.io\/article\/201-create-a-view-only-link-for-a-project\">View-only link<\/a> with ability<br \/>\nto anonymize contributor list<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Other access restrictions available?<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/5.4.1\/user\/dataset-management.html\">Yes<\/a>, allow access to specific accounts, and allow users to request access<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/about.zenodo.org\/policies\/\">Yes<\/a>, allow access through secret link, and allow users to request access<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Yes, with request access and private sharing setting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Computational<br \/>\naccess<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/latest\/api\/getting-started.html#finding-datasets\">Search API<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/guides.dataverse.org\/en\/latest\/api\/getting-started.html#finding-datasets\">Data Access API<\/a>,\u00a0 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/IQSS\/dataverse-client-r\">Dataverse Package for R on rOpenSci Project<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.zenodo.org\/#oai-pmh\">OAI-PMH<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.zenodo.org\/\">REST API<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/api\/v2\/docs\/\">REST API<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ropensci\/rdryad\">Dryad Package for R on rOpenSci Project <\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><span class=\"redoc-markdown-block\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.osf.io\/#\">OSF API<\/a> generally conforms to the <a href=\"http:\/\/jsonapi.org\/format\/1.0\/\">JSON-API v1.0 spec<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 80.2865%\" colspan=\"4\"><em><strong>Administrative considerations<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\"><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Costs<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">Free to researcher up to 1TB; MITL partnership<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Free to researcher, up to 50GB\/dataset<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">Free to MIT research community due to MITL&#8217;s institutional membership.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Free to researcher; MITL membership<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Curation services<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.dataverse.harvard.edu\/curation-services\">Yes<\/a>. Available to MIT users at Harvard fee levels.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">No<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/datadryad.org\/stash\/process\">Yes<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Usage analytics<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">Downloads<\/p>\n<p>Follows <a href=\"https:\/\/makedatacount.org\/2017\/09\/11\/counter-code-of-practice-for-research-data-draft-1\/\">Counter Code Of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics<\/a> (Make Data Count)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Views (unique), Downloads (unique), Data volume, Unique views, Unique downloads<\/p>\n<p>Follows <a href=\"https:\/\/makedatacount.org\/2017\/09\/11\/counter-code-of-practice-for-research-data-draft-1\/\">Counter Code Of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics<\/a> (Make Data Count)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">Views, Downloads, Citations<\/p>\n<p>Follows <a href=\"https:\/\/makedatacount.org\/2017\/09\/11\/counter-code-of-practice-for-research-data-draft-1\/\">Counter Code Of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics<\/a> (Make Data Count)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Downloads (per version),<br \/>\nLinks, Forks<br \/>\nWorking towards <a href=\"https:\/\/makedatacount.org\/2017\/09\/11\/counter-code-of-practice-for-research-data-draft-1\/\">Counter Code Of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics<\/a> (Make Data Count)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 22.5955%\">Trusted repository? *<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20.1909%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.6352%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 18.8649%\">Yes<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.7135%\">Yes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<blockquote><p><em>* Trusted repositories are those that commit to providing \u201creliable, long-term access to managed digital resources\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oclc.org\/content\/dam\/research\/activities\/trustedrep\/repositories.pdf\">RLG-OCLC, 2002<\/a>). \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-020-0486-7\">The TRUST Principles for digital repositories<\/a>\u201d offers a useful framework \u2013\u00a0<b>T<\/b>ransparency, <b>R<\/b>esponsibility, <b>U<\/b>ser focus, <b>S<\/b>ustainability and <b>T<\/b>echnology \u2013 for evaluating the alignment of a repository to this mission.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Using data from a repository?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.mit.edu\/c.php?g=176032&amp;p=1159520\">Cite the data<\/a> to give credit to the data producer, enable others to use the data, and meet journal requirements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>We are grateful to the creators of the <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3946719\"><span class=\"ng-binding\">Generalist Repository Comparison Chart<\/span><\/a> for their efforts on developing a concise comparison chart from which we took much inspiration for the content of this page.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Stall, Shelley, Martone, Maryann E., Chandramouliswaran, Ishwar, Crosas, Merc\u00e8, Federer, Lisa, Gautier, Julian, Hahnel, Mark, Larkin, Jennie, Lowenberg, Daniella, Pfeiffer, Nicole, Sim, Ida, Smith, Tim, Van Gulick, Ana E., Walker, Erin, Wood, Julie, Zaringhalam, Maryam, &amp; Zigoni, Alberto. (2020). Generalist Repository Comparison Chart. Zenodo. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3946719\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.3946720<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repositories can help you: manage your data cite your data by supplying a persistent identifier facilitate discovery of your data preserve your data over time Selecting your repository In choosing a repository for your data, first consider: Does your funder or a publisher require or suggest a specific repository? See our Research Funder Requirements page for information on some of the common funders. Is there a repository specific for your discipline or type of data? The COAR International Repository Directory or the Registry of Research Data Repositories may be helpful in browsing options. 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