Resources and Help Available from George Mason University Libraries
Research Data Management InfoGuide
Creating BioSketches using SciENcv
DMPTool
Institutional Repositories
– DOI’s: We issue these by request or when you deposit your research in our institutional repository (MARS, Dataverse).
Open Science Framework for Institutions
ORCID: We are a member institution. Persistent identifier for authors.
Who to Contact for Help
Carl Leak, Life Sciences Librarian: cleak@gmu.edu
Wendy Mann, Director, Digital Scholarship Center: wmann@gmu.edu
Data Management Tutorials
FAIRsharing.org
DataONE (Data Observation Network for Earth) provides educational modules for research data management.
DataONE Data Management Primer
Selected Metadata Standards
Ecological Metadata Language (EML)
FGDC & ISO 19115 (Geospatial)
Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations (MIBBI)
Darwin Core (Biological Diversity)
Data Management Plans
DMPTool provides templates tied to specific guidance from funders.
Sample NSF-BIO DMP from DataONE
– More Examples from DataONE
DMP Guidance from NSF-BIO
NIH Data Sharing Plan Guidance
– Examples
Repositories
Mason Archival Repository Service
– MARS (DSpace)
– Dataverse: tabular and geospatial data
Biological Sciences
– Dryad
– GenBank
– KNB Data Repository
– TreeBASE
General Repositories
– figshare
– Zenodo
Registry of Research Data Repositories: Re3data.org. Search or browse research data repositories by discipline.