LibGuides: Biology: Data

Manage Your Research Data

Good Enough RDM Guide
A quick overview of important steps. This two page document shows simple core steps for maintaining good data management.
RDM DataGuide
This guide is designed to help you get started with Research Data Management.
The two documents above are adapted from the University of British Columbia under an Attribution CC BY 4.0 license.

Dalhousie Research Data Management Library Guide
Provides more information on how to prepare a research data plan and how to store and manage your data.
"Good Enough" Research Data Management [2-page pdf]
Five tips to help you save, backup, describe, process, and archive your research data. (Eugene Barsky, UBC, July 2021).
A Guide to Data Management in Ecology and Evolution [36-page pdf]
British Ecological Society, 2014

Registry of Research Data Repositories
Re3data is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines. Includes National Research Council datasets.
Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network
NEON Data
Open access ecological data sets related to US-based sites.
DataOne (Data Observation Network for Earth)
Freely available data contributed by environmental researchers in the US and other countries.
FAA National Wildlife Aircraft Strike Database
Data on reported number of wildlife (birds, bats, and other animals) struck by aircraft at airports throughout the US and Canada (1990 to the present). Records may include time of strike, weather, type of aircraft, phase of flight, etc...
Best Practices for Preparing Environmental Data Sets to Share and Archive
Prepared by the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA. Revised June 2007.
Canada Open Government Data
Open datasets from Canadian federal government departments and agencies. Search by organization, keywords, and more.
The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data
From the UK The Marine Biological Association

re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories
International Social Survey Program data
"The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration programme conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences." Their data portal include environment and forthcoming health and healthcare.
International Social Survey Program: Environment II, 2000
Second cross-national supplement on environmental issues.
OECD Environmental Data Compendium
"...presents data linking pollution and natural resources with activity in such economic sectors as energy, transport, industry and agriculture. It shows the state of air, inland waters, wildlife, etc., for OECD countries and describes selected reponses by government and enterprises."
Households and the Environment Survey (HES)
Statistics Canada survey results regarding use of water, energy, pesticides/fertilizer, outdoor air quality and consumer decisions.
Canada Open Government Data
Open datasets from Canadian federal government departments and agencies. Search by organization, keywords, and more.

Data for the Social Sciences (Dal Libraries subject guide)
Dalhousie GIS Centre
Provides links to sources of free geospatial data as well as datasets available through the GIS Centre.