» Library Research & Data Services

The Leatherby Libraries subscribes to an extensive set of databases & electronic resources which provide access to data sets. This LibGuide page guides students & researchers to data sets in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Engineering, and Health Sciences. It includes a section devoted to tools to use for manipulating data.

https://libguides.chapman.edu/data_resources

Researchers with questions about how to best manage their data should begin here. This LibGuide provides guidance regarding creating a Data Management & Sharing Plan (DMSP), data management best practices, and available options for storing research data.

https://libguides.chapman.edu/data_management

Numerous federal funding agencies and foundations have data sharing requirements in place, and all federal agencies which provide grant funding will require data sharing by 2026. Researchers can find a comprehensive list of data sharing mandates on this page.

https://libguides.chapman.edu/sharing_mandates

This group of pages provides an overview of the process of finding a place to publish research results and how to evaluate various publication venues. In addition, researchers can see the current list of publishers where Chapman University researchers can publish without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC).

https://libguides.chapman.edu/get_published

This subject guide will help students and faculty find articles, books, reference sources, and software tools for working in the fields of geography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

https://libguides.chapman.edu/magic

Text & Data Mining tools are reshaping the kinds of questions that researchers can ask about large data sets. This guide provides an overview of the tools the Leatherby Libraries makes available, including Constellate and Proquest Text & Data Mining Studio.

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For students and researchers who work with data, visual representations such as graphs, charts, and maps are an important means of making sense of the underlying data. This subject guide provides an in-depth discussion of how to get started with data visualization and what resources are available for assistance.

https://libguides.chapman.edu/data_visualization