Repositories that suit your research and data set archiving, sharing, and access needs.
Publishing Data
It's important to keep your research data safe for long-term public access and reuse. Research Data Repositories are for the long-term archiving and preservation of research data.
Depositing your research data into a repository will ensure your data sets are secure and make your research easier to build upon. Data repositories may cater to a specific discipline, a region, a type of data, specific formats, or accept many different types of data. There is no one-size-fits-all for research data repositories.
Dartmouth Libraries recommends that you deposit your data in a discipline-specific repository for maximum impact and discoverability in your field. Funders and publishers often have preferred repositories to meet their requirements.
- Always check with your funder or publisher for their specific guidance before choosing a repository.
- For help selecting the right repository for your research data, ask Research Data Services.
Dartmouth-Supported Repositories
Dartmouth Dataverse
Dartmouth's own repository, Dartmouth Dataverse, is great for researchers from all disciplines. This web-based, open-source repository allows you to archive, share, and access your research data.
Dataverse provides:
- robust data citation,
- versioning,
- and metadata standards
to ensure preserved, discoverable, and citable research.
Want to learn more? The Dataverse User Guide provides more details on account, collection, and dataset management.*
IEEE DataPort
Designed for the engineering community, IEEE DataPort is a globally accessible repository that supports data storage, access, and protection. It also makes it easy for you to analyze large datasets and link your data to your research papers, boosting your work's visibility and impact.
Dartmouth’s subscription allows researchers to publish open access datasets to DataPort.*
* Contact Research Data Services before you write Dataverse or Dataport into your data management plan as repositories, fees may apply.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
This social science repository gives you access to a huge archive of social science data for your research and instruction. When you contribute to ICPSR, your data joins a collection that spans generations of social science research.
Our subscription to ICPSR offers guidance and curation support for your data.