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Data analysis resources
Are you looking for some resources to improve your data science skills, or information on software like R and RStudio? We'll give you a few options below.
Data analysis examples by UCLAThe webpage data analysis examples by UCLA lists a number of statistical analysis techniques and their application …
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FPP
GDPR: what should I do in case of a data breach?
A ‘personal data breach’ means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.
Breaches can be categorised into the following three categories:
- Confidentiality breach - where there is an unauthorised or accidental disclosure …
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GDPR
research data management
DMP: How do I write a final Data Management Plan?
What is a DMP?
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a formal document that specifies how research data will be handled both during and after a research project.
For more information on using https://dmponline.be for writing a DMP, check this related research tip: https://onderzoektips.ugent.be/en/tips/00001281/.
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FWO
Horizon Europe
research data management
DMPonline.be: How do I write a Data Management Plan?
DMPonline.be is an online tool to help Ghent University researchers write an effective Data Management Plan (DMP). This tip explains how to use this tool.
What is a DMP?A Data Management Plan is a formal document that specifies how research data will be handled both during and after a …
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integriteit
integrity
research data management
Scholarly article: where to find it?
Search a bibliographic database
The best way to find qualitative scholarly articles is to use a bibliographic database. There are multidisciplinary databases (e.g. Scopus, Web of Science) as well as discipline-specific databases (e.g. PubMed for health sciences). These databases give an overview of published scholarly information, whether …
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article
database
search strategy
sfx
ACM digital library
The ACM Digital Library is a full-text database covering the fields of computing and information technology and includes the complete collection of ACM's publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and multimedia titles.
AccessAll metadata in the ACM Digital Library is open to the world, including abstracts, linked references …
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database
FEA
FEA - engineering
CERN Document Server
The CERN Document Server (CDS) is the institutional repository that provides acquisition, search and collaborative tools to manage collections of documents produced at CERN. The collections include HEP documents, multimedia documents, bulletins, administrative (directorate, HR, finance) documents, EU project documents (OpenAire, EMi), library and project document types.
The database contains …
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database
FEA
FEA - engineering
Ullmann's encyclopedia of industrial chemistry
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is a reference work related to industrial chemistry. As of 2016 it is in its 7th edition. This reference work provides the most current and trustworthy knowledge in everything that relates to the chemical industry, including processes, chemicals, products, analytical chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and …
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database
FEA - engineering
IEEE Xplore: Digital Library
IEEE Xplore Digital Library is a full-text research database for discovery and access to journal articles, conference proceedings, technical standards, and related materials on computer science, electrical engineering and electronics, and allied fields. It contains material published mainly by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and other partner publishers.
AccessAnyone can search IEEE …
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database
FEA
FEA - engineering
ISBN: what is it and how do I request one?
An ISBN is an International Standard Book Number. It is a persistent identifier and unique, internationally used standard to identify books. The aim of the ISBN is to enable you to quickly and correctly find every published title in databases.
An ISBN is not legally required, but recommended if you …
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FBW
FWO: Publications and research data in FWO-applications
Do you have questions on adding a publication list to an FWO project, exported from Biblio? Or on complying to requirements on research data management (RDM) and drafting a data management plan (DMP)?
We wrote some tips to help you in the process:
- How to set up a publication list …
Artstor
The Artstor website is scheduled to be retired on August 1, 2024. Artstor's content, key resources and functionality are moving to JSTOR.
The Artstor image database contains more than one million high-quality digital images that can be used free of charge for scientific purposes, through the Images for Academic …
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database
FEA - architecture
FLW
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The database "Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals" is published by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. It offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, including bibliographic descriptions on subjects such as the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, …
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database
FEA
FEA - architecture
archINFORM
archINFORM is an online database for international architecture, originally emerging from records of interesting building projects from architecture students from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany). It has become a large online database about world-renowned architects and buildings from past to present. The database contains information (including plans and images) …
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database
FEA - architecture
Grove Dictionary of Art
Grove Art Online is a scholarly art encyclopedia, updated regularly and covering global art and architecture from prehistory to present day. Includes peer-reviewed articles contributed by nearly 7,000 scholars from around the world, accompanied by images, bibliographies, and links to additional resources. Grove Art Online is part of Oxford Art …
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database
FEA - architecture
ProQuest: introduction
ProQuest is a portal of scientific databases. Ghent University has access to 19 databases:
- Acta Sanctorum
- APA PsycArticles
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
- C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
- Coronavirus Research Database
- Early Modern Books
- Ebook Central
- Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs
- International Bibliography of Art (IBA)
- MEDLINE …
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article
database
FLW
FRE
journal
search strategy
Zenodo: When to use Zenodo to preserve and share research data?
This research tip describes the suitability and advantage of Zenodo for preservation and sharing of research data. For a step-by-step guide on how to use Zenodo, check this research tip. How to preserve and share research data?
The preferred option for preservation and sharing of research data is to …
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Biblio
data register
research data management
PID: What is a persistent identifier for publications and datasets?
What is a persistent identifier?
A persistent identifier or PID, such as a DOI or Handle, is a permanent, unique reference to a digital object. Not all identifiers ensure persistency and uniqueness like a PID (see examples below). Moreover, when a PID for a digital object is created, descriptions of …
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article
open science
refer
research data management
Embase: comparison with PubMed and tips & tricks for searching
Embase is regarded as the European equivalent of PubMed/MEDLINE. When using the Embase search engine, you automatically browse not only the Embase database but also articles in PubMed/MEDLINE that have already been assigned MeSH terms.
AccessEmbase is only accessible via the UGent network.
Search operatorsEmbase can be …
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database
FFW
FGE
search engines
search strategy
GDPR: What should I think about when I collaborate with others or share my data?
Sharing personal data within Ghent University
Research data with personal data can be shared within Ghent University with fellow researchers (within or outside your research project) under certain conditions for further processing or reuse of the research data. It is important to document and justify this transfer of data in …
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GDPR
research data management
Searching: what is a citation search?
A citation search can go forward or backward in time. If you go forward in time, you look for the sources that cited your original article. If you go back in time, you look for the sources cited by your original article (also called "snowball search").
Benefits … Read more
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article
database
search engines
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Searching: what is the snowball search method?
The snowball search method is a way of tracking down related works by using the bibliography or reference list at the end of an article as your starting point. After all, there's a good chance that the sources the author has consulted while writing will be relevant to your own …
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article
database
search engines
search strategy
GDPR: What should I consider when using social media data for scientific research?
Social media contain an ever-increasing source of information and data. More and more (sensitive) (personal) data is published on social media profiles by the users themselves. But to what extent may this data then be used to base research on, for instance? Consideration must in any case be given …
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AVG
GDPR
research data management
GDPR: what are some things to consider when processing personal data from minors?
When processing personal data of minors (children under the age of 18), they are entitled to specific protection, as they are often less aware of their rights and the potential risks and/or consequences associated with the processing of their data.
TransparancyLike adults, minors should be informed about what personal …
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ethics
GDPR
research data management
FileSender: introduction
Ghent University offers and recommends the web application Belnet FileSender for sending large digital (workrelated) files. The advantage of FileSender is that you can send large files up to 6 TB for free and in a safe way. You do not have to create an account when you are connected …
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research data management
Working Paper: what is it? Where to find it?
A working paper or discussion paper is a “work in progress”, a paper you're still working on. It's a preliminary, nearly finished, unpublished version of your research project that's not yet ready to be presented at a conference nor to get published in a journal.
You have a hypothesis and/or …
Read moreMyNBN
All Belgian and European standards published by NBN, Bureau for Standardization, are collected in the database MyNBN.
AccessSearch for the database in the Library catalogue of Ghent University. Click on 'View online'. UGent has a 'read-only' access to MyNBN. Select 'educational establishment: Ghent University' in the login menu, log in …
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database
FEA
FEA - architecture
FEA - engineering
Authorship: authorship roles (contribution disclosure – author(ship) contribution statements)
Authorship
Recognition for a person's effective contribution to a scholarly publication is done primarily through the inclusion, or not, of the names of (individual) contributors on a (more or less) limited list of names associated with that publication.
The place on this list determines in most cases the "importance" of …
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academic writing
academisch schrijven
article
artikel
ethics
ethiek
integriteit
integrity
journal
tijdschrift
Searching scientific literature: an example from psychology by prof. dr. Brosschot
Almost every scientific study starts with an extensive literature search. You look for the articles written on your subject of interest and you'll gradually discover unanswered questions or new lines of thoughts worth exploring.
When you start writing your own article, you'll usually include a literature review summarising the …
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article
database
FPP
search engines
search strategy
systematic review
GDPR: what should I keep in mind when I want to process personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences?
Personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences or related security measures (e.g. a driving prohibition and/or fine imposed by the judge due to speeding or alcohol intoxication, a sentence of imprisonment for theft with violence) may only be processed:
- under government supervision; of
- when the processing …