There is a wealth of datasets available for use. Depending on your discipline and use case, this data may be freely available to download and reuse as needed.
Finding and Reusing Research Data
Get help finding and reusing research data
The IU Libraries has a dedicated department available to assist students, faculty, and staff in research data endeavors, including finding and evaluating data for (re)use.
Potential Data Sources
- IU DataCOREIU's institutional data repository, free to use for all IU affiliated researchers
- IU Research Data CatalogCreated and maintained by the Research Data Commons and IU Libraries, this catalog includes records of datasets that have been purchased or licensed at IU and are available for use.
- Geospatial PortalManaged by the Big Ten Academic Alliance, the Geoportal provides access to resources that have been selected and curated by librarians and geospatial specialists at fifteen research institutions in the Big Ten Academic Alliance.
- Dryad DataDryad publishes datasets on a wide-variety of fields. The data submissions are reviewed prior to publication to improve documentation and usability of the data.