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As a part of open science initiatives, some journals and publishers require authors to provide the data they used in the article to anybody who requests.
Check the data requirements of the journal to see if you can contact the authors directly to request access.
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These databases are provided to you free of charge from the Library.
SciFinder is a specialized database of chemistry literature such as articles, chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, and dissertations. SciFinder is a good choice when doing research, checking chemical properties, and looking for information about chemical substances and reactions. The CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform (a division of the American Chemical Society) is designed to support multiple stages and types of scientific research. It combines CAS SciFinderⁿ, CAS Analytical Methods®, and CAS Formulus®. CAS SciFinderⁿ is a true source for authoritatively identifying a chemical substance and its related chemical structures, chemical names, reactions etc. and for chemistry literature such as articles, chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports. CAS Analytical Methods® will help you discover the best scientific methods and process to follow. With CAS Formulus®, you have access to the world’s leading collection of formulations, leading you to insights that go beyond literature. Understand a formulation’s origin and effectiveness with access to the best information for active ingredients and excipients. Evaluate ingredients and manufacturing processes; and explore regulatory requirements in one, easy interface.
If this is your first time using CAS SciFinder Discovery, you must first activate your account by registering here with NU domain (@nu.edu.kz).
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), is the world's repository of experimentally determined organic and metal-organic crystal structures, and related applications software including GOLD and Relibase+. CSD also comprises software for database access, structure visualization and data analysis, and structural knowledge bases derived from the CSD.
These websites and databases can help you find datasets.
The Journal of Nucleic Acids Research provides a yearly catalog of more than 170 biological databases with topics such as protein structure, RNA, genetic sequences, cancer, and drugs. Just three databases are shown below.
The Carbohydrate Structure Database has NMR data, taxonomy, and structures. Coverage includes bacteria. archaea, fungi, and plants. | MutationAligner enables you to explore mutation hotspots identified in protein domains from more than 5000 patients across 22 cancer types. | DASHR provides comprehensive information on human small non-coding RNA (sncRNA) genes, precursor and mature sncRNA annotations. |
Here is a list of 64 free chemistry databases with three highlighted below.
UseNIST Chemistry Webbook to search for name, IUPAC, structure, and reaction. | ChemSpider for literature references, physical properties, interactive spectra, and chemical suppliers | PubChem provides information on the biological activities of small molecules. |
HEPData has data points from plots and tables related publications such as Large Hadron Collider. | Re3Data has tons of data sets and is connected to datacite to help cite your data. | Virtual Modeling Repository to view computational model results and data-model comparisons. |
Many Robotics Labs host data from their research on separate websites so search for data on their project website or institutional repositories. Here are a few places with many robotics datasets not associated with a lab or project.
figsharecitable and shareable data from many disciplines. | DSpaceMIT has robotics data conducted from MIT labs. | Artificial intelligence and robotics laboratorydata |
Math is just one of many types of datasets available through Wolfram | Find and share data using Academic Torrents | Datasets from the UCI Machine Learning Repository |
Engineering is a multidisciplinary topic so many of the websites listed above could be useful.
Senvol has datasets on industrial machines and materials. | Efunda is a quick reference guide for engineers to look up formulas, parameters, and processes. | Use Datasheet to find electronic component datasheets. |
IEEE DataPort™ is a valuable and easily accessible data platform that enables users to store, search, access and manage data. | NREL provides procedures, databases, maps, and tools to assess, analyze, and optimize renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. | AAPG Datapages list of GIS Open Files Earth Science and Energy GIS Resources |
Online Registry of Biomedical Informatics Tools (ORBIT) registry for informatics software, knowledge bases, data sets and design resources. | DataMed is a prototype biomedical data search engine. Its goal is to discover data sets across data repositories or data aggregators. | Biomedical Sciences Toolkit - Portals include NCBI, EBI-EMBL, NIH Data Sharing repositories, and more. |