The following peer-reviewed Data Science journals are available through Browzine via the Gordon Library homepage. Browzine is the library's convenient academic journal searching tool, which gives access to users to a wide variety of subject relevant and specialized scholarly publications. Keyword search 'Data Science' for the results shown below. Sample journals are also highlighted below the image.

• Data Science and Management
• Data Science Journal
• Annals of Data Science
• EPJ Data Science
• International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
• Journal of Computational Mathematics and Data Science
• Journal of Finance and Data Science
• Earth System Science Data

eBooks

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.

• Dryad

  • Dryad Digital Repository is a curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types.  Joining as a member will enable a user to work with an online community to promote data publishing, curation, and preservation.

• Open Domain-Specific Data Sharing Repositories

  • NIH-supported domain-specific data repositories that make data accessible for reuse and are open for both submitting and accessing data. Submission is typically limited to data of a certain type or related to a certain discipline.  There is a table with links to different repositories, including how to submit data and how to access data.
     
• Registry of Open Data on AWS
  • This registry exists to help people discover and share datasets that are available via AWS resources.  It requires creating an account and the fee is based on the support plan.  Basic support is free, but Developer support and Business support require monthly fees.
     
• Figshare
  • Figshare is a repository where users can make all of their research outputs available in a citable, shareable and discoverable manner.  Browsing does not require registration, but depositing or publishing content will require creating a username and password.  Figshare might charge fees at their discretion.
     
• Data.gov
  • Data.gov houses government data under the OPEN Government Data Act, which is Title II of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act. Government data is required to be made available in open, machine-readable formats, while continuing to ensure privacy and security.  When searching for datasets, you may see information about access and use.  Many datasets are public.  Some datasets are located on third-party websites that might require registration and login to access.

• National Endowment for the Arts: Publicly Available Data Sources
  • A list of publicly accessible data sources that include arts-related variables (some restrictions may apply).  Publications are freely accessible to the public.  Donations are also accepted.
     
• ICPSR
  • ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files (many are publicly accessible) of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
  • Some ICPSR data are freely available for anyone to download from the website. These data are part of the topical archives at ICPSR and generally include data pertaining to criminal justice, health and aging, substance abuse and mental health, child care, and health and medical care. Other data, referred to as members-only data, can only be downloaded by member institutions.
  • Lots of data are federally funded and do not require fees to access via an institution, but some studies have fees, which will be displayed within an application.

• data.census.gov
  The census bureau has great nationally-representative data. Often used for public policy or economic research, it also offers data about families, income and poverty, and health that may be of use in research.  Data.census.gov has data from one centralized location so that users can spend less time searching for data and more time using data.
   
• Google Dataset Search
  Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. The tool surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful.

The following external web resources will help introduce students to some of the current applications of Data Sciences:

• Policy Map​

• SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap) 

• Social Explorer: The only feature that is accessible without a subscription is Census data. 

• Visualising Data: This website has links to various resources for handling data and creating data visualizations, as well as various data visualization training courses. 

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• US Census Bureau Data

  Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  Public use data files and documentation.

• Dryad

  The Dryad Digital Repository is a curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. Dryad provides a general-purpose home for a wide diversity of data types.

• USA.gov Statistics

• Google Dataset Search

  Dataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. The tool surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful.

• World Bank: Open Knowledge Repository

• World Health Organization (WHO): Global Health Observatory (GHO) Data

• United Nations Data

• Our World in Data

  3161 charts across 297 topics
  All free: open access and open source

WPI's Data Science department has a list of resources that science students will have access to depending on their individual course plan here. 

You can also (whether or not you are working in a Data Science program or course) find lists of WPI-supported Data Analysis & Visualization software programs on the Academic & Research Computing (ARC) website here. 

ARC offers training on these programs throughout the year; contact the office at archelp@wpi.edu for more information.