LibGuides: Data and Statistics: Natural Sciences

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General Purpose Data Sources in the Natural Sciences

General Purpose Data Sources in the Natural Sciences

Data Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Publication dates: 1900-present.
Provides a single point of access to research data, including data sets, tables and figures, and published studies, from repositories across disciplines and around the world.

Google Dataset Search
An experimental tool from Google that allows you to search for publicly available data sets.
Nature: Recommended Data Repositories
A list of major, reputable data repositories, including many specialized sources not listed here. Focuses on biomedical and physical sciences, but also includes social sciences.

Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine

NIH Data Sharing Repositories
A full listing of data repositories maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Topics covered include genetics/genomics, proteomics, pathology, immunology, lifespan development, and neuroscience.
National Children's Study Archive
Provides access to data from the National Children's study (2009-2014), which collected environmental quality data as well as health and developmental information for over 12,000 children.

SciFinder-n (CAS) This link opens in a new window
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In addition to chemical literature, SciFinder includes data on chemical properties, spectra, and other reference information.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Contains biodiversity data on more than 1.6 million species, including historical and contemporary reports.
Clinicaltrials.gov
A a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
Health Services Research Information Central
Provides a listing of data sources in health sciences research.

Earth Science and Environmental Studies

dataplanet This link opens in a new window
Features statistical data sets created from government and non-government organizations, including topics such as agriculture, energy, and the environment. Built-in visualization options allow you to create your own charts, graphs, and maps.

National Centers for Environmental Information
Provides public access to over 25 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, climate, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.
NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Provides access to a wide range of global climate data, concentrated primarily in the areas of atmospheric composition, atmospheric dynamics, global precipitation, and solar irradiance.

Neuroscience

Neuroscience Information Framework
The largest searchable collection of neuroscience data on the web. Also includes educational tools, funding information, and other information sources.
Neuromorpho.org
A curated inventory of digitally reconstructed neurons associated with peer-reviewed publications.
OpenfMRI
Openly available MRI data sets.
NeuroVault
A public repository of unthresholded statistical maps, parcellations, and atlases of the human brain.