Basics
Here you will find many useful links and literature sources on various topics related to RDM basics. Just click on the section you want to receive more information about:
- The German Research Foundation (DFG) on Handling Research Data:
- Open Access basic article: Wilkinson, M., Dumontier, M., Aalbersberg, I. et al. The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. Sci Data 3, 160018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18
- GO FAIR Initiative and comprehensive description of the FAIR principles for download
- OpenAIRE guide on how researchers can make their data FAIR
- Guidance on data management in small-scale projects. RatSWD German Data Forum. Research Data Management for Small Research Projects. A practical guide (RatSWD Output Series, 7. Appointment period No. 3). https://doi.org/10.17620/02671.84
- Data management guidance for researchers working with big data in social, behavioural and economic sciences. RatSWD German Data Forum. Big data in social, behavioural, and economic sciences: Data access and research data management. RatSWD Output 4 (6). Berlin, German Data Forum (RatSWD). https://doi.org/10.17620/02671.52
- The journal “Bausteine Forschungsdatenmanagement” regularly publishes recent articles on RDM topic, which are explicitly focused on practice of research data managers
- Weidmann, N. B. (2023). Data Management for Social Scientists: From Files to Databases. Cambridge University Press
- Guidance on research data management from Science Europe: Science Europe. (2021). Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management – Extended Edition. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4915862
- The Data Curation Lifecycle Model by the Digital Curation Centre (UK)
- Article on the DCC Curation Lifecycle Model published in the International Journal of Digital Curation
- Online Tools for the Creation of DMP’s:
- The Research Data Management Organiser (RDMO) allows institutions and researchers to systematically plan and implement the research data management of their projects.
- DMPonline from the Digital Curation Centre
- Free data management system from the Leibniz Center for Psychological Information and Documentation (ZPID): DataWiz
- The DMPTool from the California Digital Library is a free, open online application that assists researchers in creating data management plans (DMPs)
- The DMPTool also offers Sample DMPs
- Overview of software for creating a DMP: DMP Toolguide
- Checklist for adapting your own DMP from CESSDA
- Service Portal for Metadata of the BIBB Data Center
- A curated list of subject-specific (meta)data standards: FAIRsharing.org
- DataCite Metadata Generator
- DataCite Metadata Schema 4.4, as well as DataCite Best Practice Guide
- List of metadata formats
- Information platform forschungsdaten.info Ethical Aspects in Research Data Management
- RatSWD Best Practice Research Ethics