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Biology Research Guide

This guide provides an overview of UA Libraries' resources and services for biology and related sub-fields.

Finding Datasets and Statistics

Datasets vs. Statistics

  • Data (raw numbers) provides all available variables collected; it can be manipulated and aggregated as needed.
    Datasets are data collected and arranged logically according to definitive criteria. 

  • Statistics is data that has been already prepared/presented in aggregated form as in a table, chart or graph.

Citing Data: Refer to the page from ICPSR, which discusses the importance and how to properly cite data.

Comprehensive and Demographics - Starting Points

       

Data Sources - includes Biological Sciences Data/Sets

Related Statistics Databases

Citing in the Biological Sciences

Biology doesn't have a standardized citation style.  Nonetheless, the Council of Science Editors (CSE) citation style is often used by researches in subfields within biology. CSE (formerly known as the Council of Biology Editors or CBE) will be described below.