Research Guides: Organizing Your Research: Data Management

Data Management

Selected guides on how to manage your research data:

Managing Your Research Data
Set of video tutorials from University of Minnesota Libraries
Naming Things
Presentation by Jennifer Bryan. Low-tech common sense about filenames. Prepared under the auspices of the Reproducible Science Curriculum. Slides made for a workshop at Duke in May 2015.
How to make your scientific data accessible, discoverable and useful
Article from Nature with seven tips for sharing scientific data.
Introduction to Data Management for Undergraduate Students
Guide from the Illinois University Library.

Data Management Plans

What are Data Management Plans?

A data management plan (DMP) is a formal document that outlines what you will do with your data during and after a research project. The DMP describes your practices for collecting, organizing, backing up, and storing your research data. Many funding agencies require that researchers write a DMP.

To help you begin writing a DMP, the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (ORSP) provides some resources and examples to give you an idea of what a DMP entails

OSRP resources and examples:

Additional Resources for Creating DMPs:

DMPTool
A tool to help create data management plan templates that meet institutional and funder requirements.