Research Tools: Manage Data
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Store, document, back up, and plan for long-term use of your data. Good data management keeps your work safe, shareable, and reproducible. Note: If managing sensitive data, contact your professor or department head for their preferred storage methods. |
Institutional Repository
The LSU Scholarly Repository can be used to archive and publish previously unpublished research materials, as well as to link to previously published materials.
Type: Long-term Archiving
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or any campus lab
Availability: Web-based
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: Graduate students archiving theses, dissertations, datasets, or open access articles.
DMP Tool
Service that makes it easier to create machine-actionable data management and sharing plans (DMSPs) that meet funder requirements and follow open science best practice.
Type: Data Documentation
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or any campus lab
Availability: Web-based
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: Students planning undergraduate research projects or working in research labs with data management requirements.
Colectica
An Excel plugin for documenting spreadsheet data using standardized metadata (DDI standard).
Type: Data Documentation
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: Must be installed on personal computer
Availability: Desktop
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: For students documenting survey data or spreadsheets for honors theses, research methods courses, or open data sharing.
OneDrive
File hosting service integrated with Microsoft 365.
Type: Cloud Storage
Access: Commercial
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or any campus lab
Availability: Web-based
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: Storing class notes, syncing assignments across devices, and collaborating on Word, Excel, or PowerPoint documents.
Figshare
Share figures, datasets, images, and videos. It is free to upload content and free to access, in adherence to the principle of open data.
Type: Long-term Archiving
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or any campus lab
Availability: Web-based
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: Sharing datasets, media, or figures with a public audience or research collaborators.
Box
Cloud storage and file management solution with unlimited storage for faculty, staff, and students. Free version maxes out at 10 GB of storage.
Type: Cloud Storage
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or any campus lab
Availability: Web-based
Skill Level: Basic
Potential Use Cases: Organizing large files for research projects, uploading multimedia assignments, and sharing resources with student groups.
WinSCP
File transfer client supporting SFTP, FTP, and SCP protocols.
Type: File Transfer
Access: Free
Where Can I Access It?: From personal computer or computer labs on campus
Availability: Desktop
Skill Level: Intermediate
Potential Use Cases: Transferring data between local machines, servers, or HPC environments
LSU Resources
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Data Management PlansThe main campus LSU Libraries provides one-on-one data management plan consultations, as well as data management plan trainings that can be scheduled.
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Assign a DOI to your dataThe LSU Libraries can assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to datasets to ensure that research data is easily citable, shareable, and discoverable.
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Open ScholarshipLSU Library offers guidance and assistance on open access publishing.
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Data Management PS-124LSU ITS policy on safe data management.
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LSU IT Data PoliciesLSU policies regarding data handling, storage, security, and management.
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ORED WorkshopsOffice of Research & Economic Development and Office of Sponsored Programs present a series of workshops, meetings and other events in support of developing a robust research enterprise at LSU.
Further Resources
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Data Integrity and Data Governance
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ISBN: 9781839688621Publication Date: 2023Data integrity is the overall accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data. Data integrity also refers to the safety of data regarding regulatory compliance, such as GDPR compliance, and security. It is maintained by a collection of processes, rules, and standards implemented during the design phase. Data governance is the process of managing the availability, usability, integrity, and security of the data in enterprise systems, based on internal data standards and policies that also control data usage. Effective data governance ensures that data is consistent and trustworthy and does not get misused. This book provides a comprehensive overview of data integrity and data governance and their myriad applications. -
Guerrilla Analytics
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ISBN: 9780128002186Publication Date: 2014-09-24Simple rules of thumb for maintaining data provenance across the entire analytics life cycle from data extraction, through analysis to reporting. -
Data Governance Success: Growing and Sustaining Data Governance
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ISBN: 9789811650864Publication Date: 2021Data governance enables you to effectively and proactively manage data assets throughout the enterprise by providing guidance in the form of policies, standards, processes and rules and defining roles and responsibilities outlining who will do what, with respect to data. While implementing data governance is not rocket science, it is not a simple exercise. There is a lot confusion around what data governance is, and a lot of challenges in the implementation of data governance. Data governance is not a project or a one-off exercise but a journey that involves a significant amount of effort, time and investment and cultural change and a number of factors to take into consideration to achieve and sustain data governance success. -
Data Governance: the Definitive Guide
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ISBN: 9781492063490Publication Date: 2021-04-13As you move data to the cloud, you need to consider a comprehensive approach to data governance, along with well-defined and agreed-upon policies to ensure your organization meets compliance requirements.
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Nature's Data Repository GuidanceA guide and list of suggested repositories from Nature.
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FAIR SharingA curated, informative and educational resource on data and metadata standards, inter-related to databases and data policies.
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How Open Is It?HowOpenIsIt? Open Access Guide standardizes Open Access terminology in an easily understandable, comprehensive resource.
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SPARC Data Sharing Requirements by Federal AgenciesThis site gives current standards for data management and sharing for a variety of federal funding agencies.
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How to Cite Data and StatisticsUC San Diego's in-depth guide to citing data and statistics.
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Data Stewardship WizardInformation and resources on learning about data stewardship.
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CRediT TaxonomyInformation on citing different types of contributors to a research project.