Research Data Management
Our data services team offers support for a wide range of data management tools and resources provided by UW Libraries, including class workshops and individual consultations.
What Support is Available?
- Finding and accessing data
- Data management planning
- Federal data sharing requirements
- Data reuse, sharing and publishing
- Data citation and more
- Workshops specific to your class
- One-on-one consultations
Ask Us!
Get help from librarians by email, phone, 24/7 chat, or make an appointment with a subject expert
Resources
Data Management Guide
How to manage your data from project inception to completion.
Publishing and Sharing your Data
Guidance on data publishing and sharing, repositories and archiving.
Reproducibility Guide and Best Practices
Sharing your data and work as evidence so that others can reproduce and evaluate it.
Persistent Identifiers
A persistent identifiers like Orcid, DOIs, and perma.cc, are a long-lasting reference to a document, file, web page, or other digital object.
Tools
Dryad
A nonprofit data repository offering UW researchers a secure location for research data storage at no additional cost to them.
ResearchWorks
UW’s institutional repository, where you can share open access copies of your data and scholarship, and get a DOI for your works.
DMPTool
A free online tool to assist in writing data management plans for NSF, NIH, NEH, IMLS, or GBMF. Log in using your NetID.
UW-IT Research Computing Storage
UW-IT provides paid research storage options from active analysis to long-term archiving.
Workshops
The Libraries data services team can tailor presentations and course materials for your class, your lab, or department on any aspects of the research data lifecycle including UW data management tools, resources and support.
Research Data Management Planning Workshop
Do you create or use data in your research? Looking for tips and tools to better help you manage your research data, and preserve it for long-term use? Twice a year, UW Libraries offers the four-day Research Data Management Planning workshop, an asynchronous online workshop for UW community members engaged in research with data. Topics will include getting started with data management planning, funder requirements for data sharing, metadata, tips to help keep you organized, sharing, archiving and preservation, and an introduction to tools and on-campus support to aid researchers. More information with resources: