Data Management

The DMPTool helps researchers create data management plans (DMPs). It provides guidance from specific funders who require DMPs, but the tool can be used by anyone interested in developing generic DMPs to help facilitate their research.

Anyone is free to create an account through DMPTool. Butler University is not a partner institution at this time.

An open online course to introduce researchers to concepts related to managing research data. Broken into modules by subject.

The Research Data Curation Bibliography includes over 560 selected English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions. It covers topics such as research data creation, acquisition, metadata, repositories, provenance, management, policies, support services, funding agency requirements, peer review, publication, citation, sharing, reuse, and preservation.

Sample plans pertaining to the fields of biology, computer science, education, engineering, geosciences, math, sociology, and behavioral sciences.

Discusses Data management plans (DMPs), research data life cycle, and more.

Skill building hub for planning from DataONE