LibGuides: Data and Statistics: Additional Searching Options

Introduction

Additional ways to search, find data, and/or repositories include using:

A platform created for searching
An index of repositories
A data catalog
Associations (forthcoming)

Search Plaforms

Google Dataset Search
Dataset Search is a search engine for datasets. Using a simple keyword search, users can discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.
DataCite Commons
Search for works, people, organizations and repositories.

Repository Indices

Repositories can be indexed (or listed) in registries, which provide information and links to the listed repositories.

re3data
RE3 [The REgistry of REsearch Data REpositories] is a powerful search tool for finding research data repositories worldwide.
Data repositories
This is a list of repositories and databases for open data and part of the Open Access Directory, hosted by Simmons University. Note that this particular page was last updated in May, 2020.
Datacite Commons Repository Search
Search repositories by repository name or keyword.
NNLM Data Repository Finder
This tool is meant to help locate NIH-supported repositories for sharing research data. Answer the questions on the left-hand side to narrow the number of repositories to compare. If you are uncertain how to answer a question or do not care about a question, leave it blank to maximize your resulting options.

Data Catalogs

Data catalogs are generally institution specific, and do not host the actual datasets themselves. The data is hosted elsewhere and the data catalog provides information about the dataset as well as links.

Data Discovery Collaboration (DDC)
The Data Discovery Collaboration (DDC) is a multi-institutional consortium that works together in order to address concerns around data discovery through discussions of metadata, outreach, software development, and systems and metadata interoperability. Many of our institutional members use tools to improve research data discoverability at their institution, and they are linked below. Further information on the open source code for these tools is available here.
NNLM Dataset Catalog
The Dataset Catalog is a catalog of biomedical datasets from various repositories for users to search, discover, retrieve, and connect with datasets to accelerate scientific research. This beta version aims to collect user feedback to inform future product development.