MSL FINDING DATA Big Data, Little Data: Having it All October 3, 2013 Denise Bennett, Marston Science Library MSL George A. Smathers Libraries Marston Science Library LOOKING FOR OTHERS DATASETS? * To reuse * To serve as model for your data MSL MSL Choose idea from the data life cycle MSL Link to Datasets guide MSL Datasets guide What do you mean by data? MSL Strategies for finding datasets MSL Finding datasets within journal articles MSL Multidisciplinary repositories Lets start with Dryad MSL Repository example: Dryad MSL Dryad.org search results Search for size, get 966 datasets MSL Dryad.org search results See major subjects of resulting datasets See journals where articles were published MSL Dryad entry See individual files; 17 for this project MSL Dryad entry: citation See how to cite the article and the data package MSL Dryad dataset: in Excel, ready for re-use MSL Back to Multidisciplinary repositories Lets look at Databib MSL Repository example: Databib 603 data repositories total in Databib. MSL Databib: search results A search for climatology shows 53 groups MSL Databib entry See info about the group and a link to its website MSL Databib leads to website Data Access links Recent Data Activities noted MSL back on the Datasets guide Choose any subject category to see discipline- specific repositories MSL Citing datasets See examples and recommended practices MSL back to Datasets home Scroll down for Tips & Tricks MSL For more info More guides Find YOUR librarian