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Amherst College Dataverse: A Data Repository

Amherst College now has a Dataverse collection through the Harvard Dataverse. Dataverse is an open source repository to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. We welcome faculty to share their research data through the Amherst College Dataverse. 

If interested, reach out to Stephanie Capsuto to get started! 

Open Access Repositories

Open Access Repositories are databases of scholarly material (journal articles, datasets, etc.) that are freely available with the goal of availability to all, preservation, and storage. Most repositories have authors directly upload a version (usually a preprint) of their material. 

Some repositories that are commonly used: 

There are many more repositories for both general and specific disciplines. 

Look for additional repositories here: