- Cite ICPSR datasets This page offers guidelines and best practices for citing social science research data in order to promote vigorous and consistent attribution of datasets.
- DataCite provides persistent identifiers (DOIs) for research data and other research outputs.
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- APA Style - APA general rule (see the description in APA Manual p. 210-211) An example:
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