Data Services: Best Practices
This guide provides information on managing data and obtaining secondary data for research.
Welcome
This Data Management Guide provides guidance to assist you in the entire research and data lifecycle of your projects. Select the topic you are interested in learning about
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Planning for effective data management
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Data types and formats
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Data documentation and metadata
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File naming and organization
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Back up and security
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Processing and analysis
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Archiving and preservation
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Sharing data sets
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Citing data sets
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Database best practices
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Ownership and copyright
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Integrating other data into your research
The Data Lifecycle
DataONE Data Lifecycle
(www.dataone.org/best-practices)
This graphic identifies the phases data goes through on a typical research project. UTK Libraries staff can assist you with tasks associated with managing data throughout this life cycle.