Research Guides: Data Science Resources: Finding Datasets

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Datasets are becoming increasingly abundant and accessible online. However, finding relevant data in the sea of information can be a daunting process. This guide is meant to organize reputable data sources by subject for your convenience.

When evaluating a data source, it is important to consider:

Where the data is from (authorship)
Accessibility (file format)
Content (subject & quality)

This section is continuously under development as new sources are added and obsolete ones are removed.

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Articles appearing in IEEE Xplore may include access to datasets. Articles with available datasets will usually have a icon visible within the reference. Clicking the icon will allow you to access to the dataset(s).

Note: Datasets in IEEE Xplore are made available via IEEE DataPort, a repository of datasets intended to facilitate analysis and enable reproducible research

To find available datasets within Scopus, first perform a search and obtain your search results. On the top right of your results, you will see a a blue banner and the following link: . Clicking this this link will allow you to view the available datasets.

Note: Mendeley Data is an open research data repository, where researchers can upload and share their research data. Datasets can be shared privately amongst individuals, as well as published to share with the world.

By Subject:

General

Biology & Life Sciences

Engineering & Scientific Research

4TUCenterforResearchData

Federal Government

Data.gov

Geological & Environmental

Healthcare & Medical

Mathematics

Matrix Market

Social Sciences

Recommended Data Repositories

Scientific Data (Nature journal)
Scientific Data is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of scientific data.