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Title: The Lifecycle of Social Science Research Data: Enabling Discovery through Metadata and Search Tools

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Creation, (re)use and discovery of research data often follows a predictable flow, suggesting a lifecycle of research data. Locating needed social science data in most currently available archive catalogs is suboptimal as they do not provide searching functions that align with how researchers seek specific data. Exposing and indexing the holdings of data archives and publications in standardized metadata formats could enable web-scale discovery through new cross-collection search engine functions built to exploit that metadata.

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Authors: Kramer, Stefan; Block, William C.

Institution: Cornell University

Department: Economics

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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Ithaca, NY

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