Open Data - Getting Started

Center for Open Science: tools and community

Managing Research Data online training:

• Primer on Data Management: What you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask): from DataONE

• Data Management in 10 Modules: from DataONE

• Research Data Bootcamp: Online tutorial in 8 sections; from the University of Bristol

• Open Data Handbook: Guides and Resources on the "Why, What, and How of Open Data" from Open Knowledge International

• Open Data 101: Guides from the Open Data Institute

• 23 (research data) Things Dive in deep --pick and choose; modules for 23 research data management topics

Managing Research Data by Discipline:

• CAiRO: performing arts

• VADS4R toolkits: visual arts

• DATUM for health: health studies

• DMTpsych: psychology

• Research Data MANTRA: geosciences, social science & clinical psychology

University of California Libraries: Research Data Mattersby UCMercedLibrary

General recommendations for citing data include the following basic elements:

• Title
• Author
• Date
• Version
• Persistent Identifier (or URL if none)

More information and citation style examples:

• Quick Guide to Data Citation (International Association for Social Science Information Services & Technology - IASSIST)
• How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications (Digital Curation Centre - DCC)

Why data citations?

• Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles

• ICPSR Teaching & Learning Guides & Modules: Exercises and Modules using Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research datasets. Hamline is an ICPSR member, just create an account to access all resources
• Opportunities From the Digital Revolution: Implications for Researching, Publishing, and Consuming Qualitative Research
• Developing Research-Led Teaching: Two Cases of Practical Data Reuse in the Classroom

Librarians can help with discovering, citing, or evaluating open data for reuse.