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Where To Store Your Data

Finding where to store your data can difficult. Our data services librarian has curated a robust list of data repositories based on discipline.

This extensive list includes:

  • A description of each repository
  • any costs associated with storing the data
  • submission information
  • who has access to the data

But how will know what repository is best for you? Consider the following:

  1. Depending on your funding and the data that your project generates, you may be required to deposit your data in a specific repository. If this is the case, your funding agency/institution will explicitly state where you must store your data.
  2. Otherwise, if there is a repository that is commonly used within your discipline, you should store your data there. A great way to locate these repositories is by consulting mentors on where they have stored project data in the past.
  3. In the absence of a funder-mandated or a discipline-specific repository, you should store your data in either a generalist or an institutional repository.

If you’d like to discuss the best place to store your data, connect with our data services librarian.

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Taira Meadowcroft

Taira Meadowcroft is the Public Health and Community Engagement Librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Missouri.