Research Guides
Research Data Management: Home
Guide of resources related to the many aspects of research data management. Data management encompasses the processes surrounding collecting, organizing, describing, sharing, and preserving data.
What You'll Find in This Guide
- Organization and Format - Understand how you can strategically arrange data and information into a user-friendly format. Learn about preservation and metadata and why it is important to your research.
- Storage, Sharing, and Preservation - Discover reasons and methods for sharing your data.
- Research Data Management Workshop, a semi-annual workshop for researchers using data offered by UW Libraries.
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Qualitative data analysis software at UW
Quick & Dirty Tools
As a resource to help with those responding to the White House mandate on data sharing (see our blog post), the National Library of Medicine has put together a table of NIH-supported data repositories that accept submissions of appropriate data for reuse.
Try these links for quick solutions to other common data management challenges:
Data Management Planning:
Data Storage, Preservation, & Archiving:
- Registry of Research Data RepositoriesSearch tool for identifying and locating repositories for research data. (Merged with Databib in 2015.)
- ResearchWorks ArchiveUniversity of Washington's institutional repository hosted by the Libraries. You can store and share your data by self-depositing datasets up to 10GB. Contact us for more info or for datasets larger than 10GB.
- SQLShare (Retired)SQLShare is a secure and easy way to manage, share, and manipulate your research data. Just upload your data through a browser, write queries in SQL, and share the results with anyone.
Persistent Identifiers:
- Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) with DataCiteThe UW Libraries provides access to the digital object identifiers via DataCite. It is available to individuals or research groups affiliated with the University of Washington.
- ORCIDORCID provides a persistent digital identifier for researchers that distinguishes you from every other researcher and supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.
Data Management Resources
There are resources on campus to help UW researchers with various stages of the data management cycle. Also included are resources outside the UW for general guidance on data management that we've found to be the most useful.
- Center for Social Science Computing & Research (CSSCR)Provides courses on statistical software and access to social science data.
- Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology (CSDE)Provides data management services to faculty affiliates and students conducting research involving surveys or census.
- eScience Institute: WRF Data Science StudioProvides consulting, tools, and storage solutions.
- Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation (IHME)Maintains and provides access to GHDx catalog of world health data.
- ResearchWorksUW Libraries provides research support services to UW community including archiving and/or publishing research data.
- UW-IT: Servers & StorageProvides resources for scalable scientific computing including Hyak (scalable cluster computer) and lolo (file-based storage service).
- University of Washington ResearchOffers training, develops policies, and provides assistance with research administration.
