Research Data Management (RDM): Citing Data

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When using someone's data it is important to acknowledge the original author or producer of the data. This will also help other researchers find the resource. Data should however be cited/referenced in the correct manner. The following sources provide valuable guidelines:

• Altman, M. and King, G. 2007. A Proposed Standard for the Scholarly Citation of Quantitative Data. D-Lib Magazine, March/April, 2007, Vol. 13, No. 3/4. [Online] available at http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march07/altman/03altman.html (Accessed 9 Jan, 2014)
• Cite your data (DataCite)
• Citing Data (MIT Libraries)
• Guidelines and examples from DataCite and Selected Data Repositories (Australian National University)
• How to Cite Datasets and link to publications (DCC Guide)  Edinburgh, UK: DCC

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