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Search for research data

Below we list a number of search engines and directories for research data repositories, as well as links to specific repositories, both general and specialised.

Directories or repository search engines

Repositories of general-purpose and specialised datasets

  • DataCite Search: a general-purpose search engine for open datasets with DOIs.

  • DataMED: a search engine for datasets and repositories in the biomedical field.
  • DataONE: search engine for datasets in repositories on life on Earth and the environment.

  • DataSearch: Google search engine for locating datasets using keywords.

  • Dryad: search engine for datasets associated with science and medical publications.

  • e-cienciaDatos: a dataset search engine from the Madroño Consortium (Universities of Madrid and UNED)

  • Eudat B2FIND: general-purpose dataset search engine maintained by the EUDAT Collaborative Data Infrastructure organisation.

  • Figshare: an international search engine where data can be retrieved by subject category.

  • Google Dataset Search: a search engine for datasets in scientific data repositories, local and national government databases, publishers’ and authors’ websites, and other sources.

  • Mendedey Data: Elsevier’s dataset search engine, mostly comprising articles from its publications.

  • Zenodo: a search engine for European Union research data. Developed by the CERN Data Centre and Invenio.

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