Lost or Found? Discovering Data Needed for Research

Kathleen Gregory; Paul Groth; Andrea Scharnhorst; Sally Wyatt

doi:10.1162/99608f92.e38165eb

Lost or Found? Discovering Data Needed for Research

Kathleen Gregory, Paul Groth, Andrea Scharnhorst, Sally Wyatt

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Abstract

Finding or discovering data is a necessary precursor to being able to reuse data, although relatively little large-scale empirical evidence exists about how researchers discover, make sense of and (re)use data for research. This study presents evidence from the largest known survey investigating how researchers discover and use data that they do not create themselves. We examine the data needs and discovery strategies of respondents, propose a typology for data (re)use and probe the role of social interactions and other research practices in data discovery, with the aim of informing the design of community-centric solutions and policies.

Original language	English
Journal	Harvard Data Science Review
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.e38165eb
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2020

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Lost or found? Discovering data needed for research

Gregory, K., Groth, P., Scharnhorst, A. & Wyatt, S., 2019, (Submitted).

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Searching Data: A Review of Observational Data Retrieval Practices

Gregory, K. (Creator), Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), 18 Jul 2017

DOI: 10.17026/dans-zgu-qfpj

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Gregory, K., Groth, P., Scharnhorst, A., & Wyatt, S. (2020). Lost or Found? Discovering Data Needed for Research. Harvard Data Science Review. https://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.e38165eb

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