Research Guides: Management Information Systems (MIS) and Business Technology: Research Data Management

Manage Your Research Data

Research data is data created or generated as part of a research project, including numeric data, text, transcripts, images, video and audio recordings and more. Good research data management prevents data loss, keeps data secure and facilitates data sharing.

UBC Library offers advice and services for research data management, including a UBC Library Data Guide 3.1 (Oct 15) - brief guide with suggestions for and examples of best practices.

Abacus Dataverse
An application provided by UBC Library to manage and share your data
DMP (Data Management Plan) Assistant
An online tool to help you create a plan that complies with funding agency requirements
Research Data Management Website
UBC Library is here to help faculty, students and staff manage their research data.

Data Repositories

Abacus Dataverse
Dataverse is an open source application to publish, share, reference, extract and analyze research data. UBC Library can create a Dataverse setup for your research group where you can actively manage your data, share it securely with colleagues, provide version control, establish a permanent data citation, and more.
Dryad
Dryad is a curated general-purpose repository that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad has integrated data submission for a growing list of journals; submission of data from other publications is also welcome.
Figshare
Figshare provides limited free storage space for research data from any discipline. You can make your data public or limit access.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window
Using this link: MyData Account Setup will affiliate your account with UBC and allow full access.

SSRN eLibrary
The Social Science Research Network is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
re3data.org
Comprehensive registry of more than 1400 research data repositories, including both general and discipline-specific.

Citing Data

How to Cite
Citation management tools and style guides for APA, Harvard, MLA, and many more.
How to Cite: Statistics Canada
This guide has been developed for authors, editors, researchers, academics, students, librarians and data librarians. It describes, in three steps, how to build bibliographic references when citing Statistics Canada products and materials

Contact Information

For personalized assistance with research data management or to arrange a workshop, please email research.data@ubc.ca