Reusing open cultural heritage data
Open cultural heritage data is open to use and can include digital reproductions of various types, e.g. visual art, images and audio.
Reusing data in research
How to benefit from an existing dataset? Here is information on data reuse practices and links to search services.
You can reuse open data in your research. Commonly used data repositories for your discipline are a good starting point, but you may also look for other data sources for interesting combinations. Data with a licence or restricted access may have conditions for reuse, check the OpenAIRE guide to learn more about how licences affect reuse.
Services for searching datasets
Aalto University Data Hub
The Aalto University Data Hub is an easily searchable catalogue of data sources (=data sets, databases, repositories, vendors, or any other type of data provider) including datasets that Aalto has purchased access to for Aalto users. The Data Hub includes descriptions of the data sources and offers support and technical advice in reusing data.
OpenAIRE Explore
Search portal to datasets from a wide range of international repositories.
Google Dataset search
Google's search engine that finds datasets from data repositories, publishers' sites, digital libraries and even personal web pages.
Fairdata Etsin
Fairdata Etsin contains information about the datasets in selected Finnish data repositories.
Mendeley Data
Search for research data across domains and types, from many domain-specific, cross-domain and institutional data repositories.
Lists of discipline-specific repositories
A discipline-specific repository or a database is a good place to look for relevant datasets. These lists and search engines help you to find a repository that matches your research.,
Data repository list (University of Chicago)
List of repositories for different disciplines with an easy web interface, categorized and curated by the University of Chicago Library.
Re3data
Re3data is a registry of research data repositories, covering over 2,000 repositories.
Aalto Visual Resources Centre
Aalto Visual Resources Centre has a list of databases to look for open digital media content. These include online image databases of libraries, museums and archives.
Reusing open cultural heritage data
Open cultural heritage means content or data available in digital format free of charge and openly licensed to use, share or modify. These are not reached by search engines, but with just a few of the largest aggregated digital cultural heritage services you can reach millions of digitised works from around the world.
Links to research data management instructions
Follow these links to navigate through research data management instructions.
Research Data Management (RDM) and Open Science
Properly managed research data creates competitive edge and is an important part of a high-quality research process. Here you will find links to support, services and instructions for research data management.
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