Citing Datasets
It is important to cite datasets so that you are giving credit to those who created the datasets you are using in your research. Just like articles, books, and other sources, providing a citation allows others to reproduce your research. It is always important to give credit where credit is due!
Citation guidelines developed by style guides are a bit inconsistent. Erring on the side of providing too much information in your citation is recommended.
Access a "Quick guide to Data Citation" here to help you with your data citation.
Required Components
The following components are generally required:
- Author(s)
- Date of Publication
- Title of dataset
- Version, when appropriate
- Publisher or repository
- Persistent locator/identifier (DOI)
- Data accessed, when appropriate