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Plant Pathology: Research Data Support

This guide is intended to help students studying plant pathology with basic library skills and how to use information resources

Data support at Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service

Recommended Data Repositories

SUNScholar Data powered by Figshare
SUNScholarData Library Guide

Other available data repositories

NATURE Scientific Data

DRYAD a repository for mainly life sciences and biomedical data

NCBI Data Services

FAIRDOMHub a repository for publishing FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) data, operating procedures and models for the systems biology community

Protocols.io a repository for scientific methods

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Network Repository. An Interactive Scientific Network Data Repository

Research Data Services Info

Useful data science tools


RedCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) at SU

REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap's streamlined process for rapidly creating and designing projects offers a vast array of tools that can be tailored to virtually any data collection strategy.
REDCap provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R), as well as a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields


NextJournal - a notebook designed to make complex Data Science painless

Useful apps to analyze, clean and organize your data (see column 3 on the linked page)

Data Nudge A newsletter with useful tips!