Make your data count

Tools, services, and training



I need to…


... create a data management plan

DMP Online

An online tool for building a data management plan. Oxford-specific guidance now available.
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... back up my research data securely

HFS Backup Service

Oxford’s central backup service, available free of charge to University staff and graduate students.
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... get personally tailored advice

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Research Data Health Check

An informal chat about your data – find out about tools and services that might make your life easier.
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... store my live research data during my project                                                                                         

Departmental IT Support

Data storage in Oxford is usually provided at the departmental level – ask your IT Officer for details.
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Nexus365 OneDrive

OneDrive for Business provides each University member with 5 TB of secure cloud-based storage.
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SharePoint Online

A collaborative online workspace that can be used for storing and sharing files.
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Electronic Lab Notebooks

ELNs provide secure collaboration with fellow researchers for the collection and management of research data.
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... preserve my data at Oxford

ORA-Data

Oxford’s institutional archive for digital research data produced by Oxford academics.
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Sustainable Digital Scholarship

A long-term solution for the storage, publication, and preservation of data from digital research projects.
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DigiSafe

A University of Oxford digital preservation service, suitable for sensitive data.
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... get a DOI for my dataset

Digital Object Identifiers

The Bodleian Libraries has the ability to assign DOIs to Oxford-created datasets.
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... find a suitable repository

Re3data.org

re3data.org is a global registry of research data repositories, covering a wide range of academic disciplines.
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FAIRsharing

A catalogue of data standards, databases and repositories, and data policies.
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... learn about funders' requirements

Funder Requirements

Visit the Funder Requirements page on this site for summaries of major funding bodies’ data policies.
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DCC – Funders’ Policies

The Digital Curation Centre provides an overview of funding bodies’ data policies.
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... find training materials

MANTRA

A free online course for researchers and others who manage digital data as part of a research project.
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IT Learning Centre

A wide selection of courses, covering a range of digital skills and software packages.
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LinkedIn Learning

A huge library of IT training videos, available free of charge to University of Oxford members.
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Browse training material

Self-study materials and taught courses for researchers, plus resources for trainers.
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Research Data Oxford governance

Maintenance and development of RDM services are managed by the RDM Delivery Group, which meets every six weeks and includes representatives from the Bodleian Libraries and IT Services.

The Delivery Group reports to the Research Data Working Group, which meets termly.

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