Finding Data
A comprehensive list of data sources is not the goal of this page. Instead, we present a few high-level resources to get you started on finding the data you need. For any data you use, remember to cite it according to data citation best practices.
COVID-19 Dataset Collections & Resources
- FAIRSharing.org COVID-19 Knowledgebases & Repositories
- Figshare COVID-19 collection
- Google COVID-19 Public Datasets
- COVID-19 Research Database
- Awesome Coronavirus
- Arizona State University List of COVID-19 Data Repositories (Archived)
University of Arizona Sources
| NAME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Library Databases: Data Sets | The Libraries subscribes to many databases which are free to access for UA students, faculty, and staff. Data includes business, demographic, and geographic data among others. To browse the rest of the subscription content, click on the Databases Home tab in the link. (Must access from campus network or via VPN) |
| ReDATA | The University of Arizona Research Data Repository |
| UA Campus Repository | The Campus Repository mainly holds document-based information (open access articles, monographs, theses and dissertations, reports, etc.) but it also contains a limited amount of data. |
| Open Science Framework @ UA | The portal for all public OSF projects at UA |
| Clinical Data Warehouse | HIPAA-compliant electronic health record (EHR) information from the Banner University Medical Center - Tucson. |
Data Indexers
In addition to the list below, see the Data Repositories page for more places to find datasets.
| NAME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Re3Data | Registry of Research Data Repositories. A worldwide index of data repositories. |
| Fairsharing | A database of data repositories and related metadata standards and policies. Also useful for identifying metadata standards for writing a DMP. |
| Google Dataset Search | Search for data across many data repositories and government websites |
| Data.world | Collection of community contributed datasets |
| Awesome Datasets | Collection of community contributed datasets |
Other Community Resources
These are useful compilations of which include government data sources and interesting or unique datasets
- Data is Plural: a curated mailing list of interesting datasets by Jeremy Singer Vine. The list is also available on Data.world