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BIOLOGY 152: Introductory Biology (Spring 2025) : Finding Data

Resources to Find Datasets

For your IP, you will be exploring data sources first to form a hypothesis. The following are some starting points to help you find a dataset:

  • Intro Bio 152 Independent Project Possible Databases or Datasets for Student Exploration
    • See Course Canvas: Week of January 27->Lab Week of January 27: Welcome to Lab! Independent Project Overview
  • Open Access Data Repositories 
  • Data Citation Index is a good database to search for data in any discipline
  • Look for filters to "associated data" or "data paper" in the search results of databases like Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed.