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This research guide provides links to data repositories in the life sciences and will allow you to download existing datasets for your research.

Trusted Repository Audit Checklist (TRAC)
From the Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
CoreTrustSeal
From the Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) Data Seal of Approval (DSA) and the International Science Council (ICSU) World Data System (WDS)

Centralized data resources for biological data.

FAIRsharing Databases
A catalogue of databases, described according to the BioDBcore guidelines, along with the standards used within them; partly compiled with the support of Oxford University Press (NAR Database Issue and DATABASE Journal).
Biological Sciences Data Repositories
From Nature, recommended data repositories for biological sciences, as well as links to repositories for other research areas.
Life Sciences Research Data Repositories
A registry of over 900 data repositories in the life sciences from re3data.org
NIH Data Sharing Repositories
Lists of biomedical repositories from the US National Institutes of Health.

re3data.org
re3data.org is a global registry of research data repositories that covers research data repositories from different academic disciplines.
Recommended Data Repositories
Recommendations of repositories on all topics from the journal Nature.
Open Access Directory (OAD) Data Repositories
A list of open access data repositories by subject, hosted by the Simmons College School of Library and Information Science.

Data Citation Index
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The Data Citation Index provides a single point of access to quality research data that can be used in context to inform research and publication activities.

Data.gov
The Data.gov catalog brings together datasets from hundreds of agency sources across the US federal government and from 50 non-federal sources.
Dataverse
Dataverse is an open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others' work more easily.
figshare
figshare helps academic institutions store, share and manage all of their research outputs. Find datasets as well as articles, media, and more.
Mendeley Data
Mendeley Data is an open research data repository, where researchers can upload and share their research data. Datasets can be shared privately amongst individuals, as well as published to share with the world.
Open Science Framework (OSF)
OSF is a free, open platform to support your research and enable collaboration.
Zenodo
Zenodo is a general-purpose open access repository by OpenAIRE and CERN.

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