Following is a list of some of the data repositories available to Columbia researchers. To learn about more repositories, see the websites of:
Data Repositories at Columbia
Academic Commons Columbia's research repository accepts data sets on all subjects from Columbia faculty, students, and staff.
Deep-Sea Sample Repository Repository based at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory that archives ocean floor samples and digital data about them.
Subject-specific Data Repositories
Astronomy
National Space Science Data Center The Permanent archive for NASA space science mission data and space physics mission data.
SIMBAD Basic data, cross-identifications, bibliography and measurements for astronomical objects outside the solar system.
Biological Sciences
Dryad This repository is for research data underlying published, peer-review journal articles in basic and applied biosciences. It is run by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the University of North Carolina Metadata Research Center in partnership with a consortium of journal publishers and societies.
RCSB Protein Data Bank A worldwide repository of information about the 3D structures of large biological molecules, including proteins and nucleic acids.
Chemistry
PubChem National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)'s repository of data on the biological activities of small molecules.
Climate and Earth Sciences
National Center for Atmospheric Research's Research Data Archive Atmospheric and geosciences research data.
National Climatic Data Center Repository run by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
National Geophysical Data Center NOAA's repository for for geophysical data describing the solid earth, marine, and solar-terrestrial environment, as well as earth observations from space.
National Snow and Ice Data Center This repository, part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, manages polar and cryospheric data.
UNAVCO GPS data repository run by a nonprofit consortium.
Marine Data
National Oceanographic Data Center NOAA's marine data repository.
Social Sciences
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Repository for social science data run by an international consortium of academic and research institutions.
Open Context Data repository for archeology and related disciplines run by a nonprofit consortium.
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