Contact your Liaison Librarian for help on formatting a citation using a data set or raw data.
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Data requires citations for the same reasons journal articles and other types of publications require citations. It is to acknowledge the original author/producer, and to help other researchers find the resource. It allows for tracking in the reuse of data, and allows researchers to replicate research findings.
A dataset citation includes all of the same components as any other citation:
Author- The creator of the dataset.
Title- The name of the cited resource.
Publication Date- The day of when dataset was made available, the date all quality assurance procedures were completed, or the date the embargo period expired.
Publisher- The organization housing the data or performing quality assurance.
Edition- Level or stage of processing the data.
Version- The number of the current data iteration.
Access information- A URL or unique identifier for the data.
Cool, H. E. M., & Bell, M. (2011). Excavations at St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber [Data set]. doi:10.5284/1000389
(Footnote) H. E. M. Cool and Mark Bell, Excavations at St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber (accessed May 1, 2011), doi:10.5284/1000389.
(Bibliography) Cool, H. E. M., and Mark Bell. Excavations at St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber (accessed May 1, 2011). doi:10.5284/1000389.
Cool, H. E. M., and Mark Bell. “Excavations at St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber.” Archaeology Data Service, 2001. Web. 1 May 2011. <
http://dx.doi.org/10.5284/1000389>.
Centers for Disease Control
National Center for Health Statistics. National Ambulatory Medical Survey, 1994. Public-use data file and documentation. ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/. 1996.
DOIs or Unique Identifier Tools