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| Intermediate Resources |
| RDM for Math (coming soon) |
| GitHub Best Practices for Research Code (coming soon) |
Intermediate Resources
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FAIR Data Self-Assessment Tool (ARDC)Use this tool to discover how FAIR your research dataset is and get practical tips on how to enhance its FAIRness.
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Data Management Expert Guide (CESSDA ERIC)The Data Management Expert Guide (DMEG) is designed by European experts to help social science researchers make their research data FAIR.
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Create a Data Dictionary (UBC)Learn about data dictionaries and how to create one using a template.
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Research Data Management in the Canadian Context: A Guide for Practitioners and LearnersPublished in 2023, this open educational resource (OER) textbook covers the unique Canadian context for RDM, working with data, types of data, and offers perspectives on RDM.
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Community Research Data ToolkitPublished in 2025, this open educational resource (OER) textbook introduces communities and the organizations and researchers who collaborate with them to concepts of research data management to support their work.
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Research Data Management Micro-course (Athabasca University)This self-directed micro-course offers a primer to RDM and takes 6 to 8 hours to complete. Reach out to Waterloo's RDM team at libraryrdm@uwaterloo.ca if you would like to take this course at no cost.
Arts and Social Science
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