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Data Support at Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service

Research Data Services at Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service

Research Data Services Manager: Samuel Simango Tel +27 21 8089917

Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa

NRF Statement on Open Access

"In addition, the data supporting the publication should be deposited in an accredited Open Access repository, with the provision of a Digital Object Identifier for future citation and referencing"

Recommended data repositories

SUNScholar Data ( Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Data Repository) powered by Figshare
SUNScholarData Library Guide
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Open Access Directory
This is a list of repositories and databases for open data.
SADA (South African Data Archive)

Data Visualization Sources

Curated List of Data Visualization Tools. A variety of sources, some free some priced.

Gapminder. Non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Access and cross-tabulate 200 statistical time series.

International Trade and Market Access Data Interactive Tool. Merchandise and trade in services interactive mapping tool from the WTO.

SimplyAnalytics. Requires user registration. Enables non-technical users to quickly create professional quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business and other data.

Research Data Services Info

Useful data science tools

Useful apps to analyze, clean and organize your data

Data Nudge A newsletter with useful tips!

RedCap at SU (Research Electronic Data Capture service)

DIRT: Digital Research Tools

The DiRT Directory is a registry of digital research tools for scholarly use. DiRT makes it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and compare resources ranging from content management systems to music OCR, statistical analysis packages to mindmapping software.

Portals where researchers deposit economic data

Harvard Dataverse. Sort of like "dataverse central." Another important one is the UNC Dataverse.
Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA). Program for easy web-based analysis of survey data.
Replication Data Wiki. - Database of empirical studies with the availability of replication material for them.
Kaggle. Platform where data miners compete to produce models for predicting and describing datasets uploaded by users.

Open 4Research funding portal

How to use the Open 4 Research platform:

Link to https://www.open4research.eu/stellenbosch
Register once off with your @sun email address and use any password
Use the “Search for funding” and/or “Browse funding” options for a wide range of funding opportunities
For some of the most recent research funding opportunities highlighted by Open 4 Research, refer to “News” or “Funding news”
Refer to “Help & advice” for more details on how to search
For enquiries, please contact research@sun.ac.za or dominiquem@sun.ac.za

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