Researchers

For researchers

About Us

This research data portal points researchers, research staff, and support personnel to the campus offices and resources that can help. Short pieces of guidance offer expertise on topics of data security and data management, and links to detailed information steer researchers and staff alike to data, technologies, tools, and services that can make the research effort a success.

Contributing Organizations D-Lab(link is external)

D-Lab helps Berkeley faculty, staff, and graduate students move forward with...

Upcoming Research Data Events

Sharing Your Data with Third Parties

Register to attend(link is external)

Date and Time: Thursday, April 24, noon-1pm PST

Guest Speaker:

Terri Sale, Associate Director, UC Berkeley IPIRA Office of Technology Licensing

UC Berkeley Intellectual Property and Industry Research Alliances (IPIRA)(link is external) | Send or Receive Data or Materials(link is external)...

Data Privacy

Privacy Office(link is external)

The UC Berkeley Privacy Office assists the UC Berkeley community in maintaining its commitment to protecting the privacy rights of students, faculty, staff and members of the public. The Privacy Office can provide support and consulting services to UC Berkeley researchers as they engage in research projects involving personal or identifiable data, to ensure that project protocols and related contracts comply with campus privacy policies as well as state,...

Data Discovery

You can contact your subject librarian(link is external) at the Library or the D-Lab(link is external) to find data that you need or to get help in figuring out to get started on purchasing the data that is needed. You can also search The Library’s catalog, OskiCat(link is external), and the various databases at the library to find datasets for your data needs. You can also review the existing list of data resources...

Analysis

Planning

Discovery

Publishing Data

Publishing and Preserving Your Data

Publishing and preserving your data allows further access to your datasets and is recognized as good practices by researchers and institutions. Datasets can be published as scholarly products, either linked to journal articles or as a standalone data object with scholarly value. When published with a digital object identifier (DOI), datasets can be easily discovered and cited in other researchers' work, increasing the value and impact of your research, as well as ensuring research integrity. The Library and Research Data Management Program can help with...

Who can review my security plan?

Research IT(link is external) reviews and consults on security plans.

I would like to receive more training and/or have further questions, how can I get help?

We’d love to hear from you! Please complete the Contact Us form to be connected with the appropriate resource.