Data Resources in the Health Sciences
An inventory of resources to support research data needs in the health sciences field. This guide is constantly being updated; please send feedback via the Comments links.
Data Repositories: General Considerations
Beyond storing data, data repositories often provide a means for researchers to share original data with others for consumption or re-use. Considerations on using data from a repository include:
- cost
- restrictions/licenses
- attribution/citation
Data Repository Collections
Follow the links below to information on clinical data and scientific data, including our selected repositories and portals.
Data Repository Registries (websites offering directories of data repositories from a wide variety of disciplines, including health sciences)
- DataMed (bioCADDIE - biomedical and healthCAre Data Discover Index Ecosystem); allows searching across data repositories and aggregators
- Data Repositories Open Access Directory (Simmons College)
- Data Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) - requires subscription, not available at the UW
- OpenDOAR (University of Nottingham) - search or browse by subject, content type, country, language, software, repository name
- Registry of Open Access Repositories (University of Southampton)
- re3data (Registry of Research Data Repositories) (German Research Foundation) - filter searches by subject, content type, and/or country