UC Library Guides: Open Access Toolkit: Data Management

Data Management Plans

University of Canberra's Management of Research Data, Primary Materials and Information Policy states that every research project at UC is expected to have a data management plan.

Data Management Planning

Find up-to-date information about data management planning at UC (Including how to access the RedBox Data Management Planning Tool) here.

Digital Commons (DC) Data

Digital Commons (DC) Data is a secure cloud-based repository where you can store, share, access and publish your data.

Find more information and access to DC Data here.

Research Data Resources

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Data Archive This link opens in a new window
This node of the Australian Data Archive (ADA) manages the collection and storage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research data
AODN Portal (Australian Ocean Data Network) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to all available Australian marine and climate science data and provides the primary access to IMOS data (Integrated Marine Observing System).
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) This link opens in a new window
The Statistics section of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) website gives you access to the full range of ABS statistical and reference information
Australian Data Archive (ADA) This link opens in a new window
A national service for the collection and preservation of research data relating to social, political and economic affairs. Consists of seven sub archives: Social Science, Historical, Indigenous, Longitudinal, Qualitative, Crime & Justice and International.
ChemSpider: search and share chemistry This link opens in a new window
A free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 29 million structures from hundreds of data sources
NCMI Information and Data Centre This link opens in a new window
CSIRO vessel-collected (ship) data collected over the past 30 years, as well as such related datasets as those collected with moored instrument arrays (moorings) in the Australasian region.
Dryad Digital Repository This link opens in a new window
A curated resource that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of datatypes

Figshare
Allows researchers to publish all of their data in a citable, searchable and sharable manner. All data is persistently stored online under the most liberal Creative Commons licence, waiving copyright where possible. This allows scientists to access and share the information from anywhere in the world with minimal friction

GenBank (NCBI) This link opens in a new window
The NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences
Geological Society of America Data Repository This link opens in a new window
A data repository for supplemental information for authors of articles in Geological Society of America journals
GigaScience/GigaDB This link opens in a new window
An integrated database and journal that publishes biological and biomedical research datasets that are affiliated with BioMed Central in collaboration with BGI, DataCite, BioSharing, and ISA-Tab.
Journal of Open Psychology Data This link opens in a new window
The Journal of Open Psychology Data (JOPD) features peer reviewed data papers describing psychology datasets with high reuse potential
National Archive of Crime & Justice This link opens in a new window
US database of research data in criminal justice and criminology.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) This link opens in a new window
Advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information.
National Centers for Environmental Information (USA) This link opens in a new window
Hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth with over 20 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.
Open Access Directory (OAD) - Data This link opens in a new window
A multidisplinary list of repositories and databases for open data.
PANGAEA This link opens in a new window
An open access library aimed at archiving, publishing and distributing georeferenced data from earth system research
PubChem (NCBI) This link opens in a new window
World's largest collection of freely accessible chemical information. Search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.
r3data.org: REgistry of REsearch REpositories This link opens in a new window
(Previously DataBib.) Largest and most comprehensive registry of data repositories available on the web, lists over 1,700 repositories, over 70 are Australian. Browse by subject area.
RCSB Protein Data Bank This link opens in a new window
Repository of information about the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids. The structures in the archive range from tiny proteins and bits of DNA to complex molecular machines like the ribosome.
Research Data Australia This link opens in a new window
The flagship service of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS), provides a comprehensive window into the Australian Research Data Commons

Scientific Data
Scientific Data is an open-access, online-only publication for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, and exists to help you publish, discover and reuse research data.

UK Data Service This link opens in a new window
UK social and economic data
UN Data This link opens in a new window
Open access data on topics such as crime, the environment, gender, and health. Data can be sorted by country and date.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe

Is This You & Your Data? (video)

Data Management Resources

MANTRA
MANTRA is an online course designed for researchers or others planning to manage digital data as part of the research process.
23 (research data) Things
Self-paced online course designed to build your understanding of research data and its potential.
DataONE
Data management modules, webinars and best practice information.
New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum
NECDMC is an instructional tool for teaching data management best practices to undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the health sciences, sciences, and engineering disciplines.
Managing & sharing data : best practices for researchers
UK Data Archive
Data Management Manual
(ANU, 2011)
Highlights key aspects of data management and writing a plan.
Data Management Planning
(QUT, 2010)
Guidelines for management of research data.
Data Management Planning
(Monash Uni., 2009)
Includes a draft checklist for HDR students.
Data Management Planning
Australian National Data Service (ANDS)
Data Management Checklist
(UK Data Archive, n.d.)
Questions to ensure good data practices.
Data Management Plan Checklist V4.0
(DCC, 2013)
Provides guidance and questions to consider when creating a data management plan

How To Cite Datasets & Link To Publications

How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications
Created by the Digital Curation Centre (UK) This guide will help you create links between your academic publications and the underlying datasets, so that anyone viewing the publication will be able to locate the dataset and vice versa. It provides a working knowledge of the issues and challenges involved, and of how current approaches seek to address them. This guide should interest researchers and principal investigators working on data-led research, as well as the data repositories with which they work.
How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications - PDF version

Open Access Toolkit

Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research

Research Grant Applications & Data Management

Copyright & Data