Campus Support

Data Services

We are here to answer questions and find solutions to all of your data management quandaries. Email [email protected] if you need help with any of the following:

Data management plans and funder requirements

• Reviewing your DMP or getting started with DMPTool to create a new plan
• Modifying this template as needed if your funder requires a verification letter to use ResearchWorks Archive as a sharing and preservation platform
• Identifying your funder’s requirements for data sharing and data management

Data management consultation

Consulting on strategies and workflows for all stages of the research lifecycle, including

• Storage and backup
• Data organization and description
  
• Workflow management software
  
• Sharing and archiving

Workshops and lectures

• Addressing your class, your lab, or your department on any aspects of the research data lifecycle

Data reference services

• Finding or acquiring data
• Identifying other campus departments that can help you analyze your data
• Working with you to prepare your data for visualization in Tableau

Persistent Identifiers

• Registering your data for digital object identifiers (DOI) via DataCite to help you reference your own work in publications and allow others to cite your objects
• Creating persistent snapshots of webpages at a moment in time via PermaCC

Libraries Resources

In addition to Research Data Services, which supports the research data management needs of faculty and students, the Libraries also offers these other services:

	Digital Scholarship Raises awareness of digital scholarship on campus and connects faculty, staff, and students with the assistance needed at any point during a digital scholarship project.
	Geospatial Data Resources Guide Collection of digital geospatial data for research and educational use. Mainly focuses on the Puget Sound and State of Washington areas, but also contains national and international datasets.
	Government Publications A depository for publications from the U.S. government, Canada, the United Nations, the European Union and the State of Washington.
	Data Resources in the Health Sciences This guide provides an introduction to the world of data in the health sciences, including links to several health sciences-related repositories.
	Map Collection The Map Collection includes over 270,000 map sheets, 86,000 aerial photographs, and 2,000 atlases. It also includes electronic mapping products and digital geospatial data for use with GIS software.
	Research Commons A collaborative environment to connect with fellow students and faculty on research projects, with spaces to facilitate workshop, presentation, and discovery. A suite of services are also provided, including help with citation management, design (including data visualization), writing consultation, graduate funding information, and digital scholarship projects.

Other Campus Resources

	eScience Institute At the University of Washington eScience Institute, our mission is to engage researchers across disciplines in developing and applying advanced computational methods and tools to real world problems in data-intensive discovery.
	Simpson Center for the Humanities | Digital Humanities The Simpson Center supports the rapidly growing field of digital humanities through a broad range of programming. This includes an array of scholarship, such as: integrating computer technologies with humanities research, using computational tools to retrieve, analyze, and visually represent data, and exploring the historical, social, aesthetic, and cross-cultural implications of digital cultures.
	Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation An independent global health research center at the University of Washington that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world’s most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health.
	Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Supports population research and training at the University of Washington. CSDE also functions as a regional center that gives population scientists at affiliated institutions in the Pacific Northwest access to cutting-edge demographic infrastructure and services.
	Center for Social Science Computation and Research CSSCR is a computer resource center providing facilities and support for social science departments at the University of Washington. CSSCR facilities are restricted to use by students, faculty, and staff of the University of Washington.
	UW Research Find information and resources for researchers at the University of Washington, including links to the Office of Research, IRB, training, and funding.
	IT Connect | Research Provides high performance computing services and consultations to support your research. Request a consultation via the provided request forms, or contact the Research Computing unit.