Accessing Data
Few researchers always work in the same location, so you'll need remote access to your data. You'll probably also be sharing files with others, either as part of a project or through routine information-sharing with colleagues. In addition to accessing your own data, you may want to access existing sources of data.
Once you finish your project, you may even want to preserve and share your own data with your research community through a digital repository or data centre (which may garner data citations).
- Remote Access. Advice for accessing your data when you are off-site.
- Sharing Files with Collaborators. Group access and file-sharing within or between projects can get complicated, especially when project members are in different institutions.
- Accessing Existing Data Sources. Many researchers and organisations already make existing data available for you to use in your research through open access repositories, data centres, journals, and web pages.
- Citing Data and Getting Cited. Data citations are growing and more data become available online, but the conventions are still developing. Here's some advice.
- Freedom of Information Requests (FOI). Information that you produce at the university (including data and correspondence) may be subject to a Freedom of Information request. Learn about your rights and responsibilities.