Research data repositories or archives exist for the long term storage/preservation and access to data. Examples of directories of research data repositories are re3data.org, Open Access Directory (OAD) of Data Repositories, and openDOAR (change Any Content Type to Datasets). BioSharing is a directory of repositories in the life sciences.
| Discipline | Repository |
|---|---|
| Social Sciences | ICPSR |
| Recommended Scientific Data | Figshare, Dryad |
| BioMedical | NIH Data Sharing Repositories |
| History | History Data Service |
| Earth Sciences | EarthChem |
| Chemistry | PubChem |
Scholarship & Creative Works @ Digital UNC accepts faculty and faculty-sponsored student research materials including data sets.