Contribute Research & Data

Contribute Research Documents

Research Connections welcomes contributions of research reports, instruments, measures, and other related documents. To contribute, please submit the following items to contributions@researchconnections.org:

  • A complete copy of your document as a PDF file or URL link to the full text
  • Your contact information, including name, phone, fax, and email address
  • A completed and signed Copyright Clearance Form (PDF 260K) with citation information for your document. You can fax this form to us at (646) 284-9623

Or, you can mail a printed copy of your document, your contact information, and/or your signed Copyright Clearance Form to: Research Connections, National Center for Children in Poverty, 215 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027.

If you have any questions, please send an email to contributions@researchconnections.org

Contribute Research Data

To contribute research data with Research Connections, researchers should use the Data Deposit Form to describe the data collection being deposited and to securely upload files via your Web browser.

Data Deposit Form

The electronic form is estimated to take about 15 to 30 minutes to complete and does not need to be completed in one session. Alternatively, if you cannot use the electronic procedure, please complete the Data Deposit Form (MS Word 404K, or (PDF , 260K) and mail it, together with electronic copies of the data and technical documentation on removable media (e.g. CD Rom, flash drive, etc.) by standard mail to:

ICPSR
Attn: Research Connections
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248

Email: contributions@researchconnections.org

The Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving is provided as a resource to assist you in the preparation of your data for use by your own project team and the research community.

If you encounter any technical issues or have questions, please contact contributions@researchconnections.org.

Why Contribute?

Benefits to the contributor

  • Your research is indexed, described, and displayed on the Research Connections Web site and can easily be located using the search tools

  • Other researchers and policymakers are encouraged to use your research and data

  • Authors receive professional recognition for their research and data collection efforts

  • Distribution of data and studies is handled by Research Connections, freeing investigators from the necessity of responding to external requests

  • Research Connections' expertise in long-term preservation of materials ensures that users will be able to retrieve and replace files that may have gotten lost or become corrupted

  • Submitted data are reviewed for respondent confidentiality issues and, in many cases, for data inconsistencies and data entry errors

Benefits to the research and policy communities

  • Permits researchers to replicate and extend previous research and analyses and to propose and to test alternative explanations

  • Enables researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders to easily access research and compare findings

  • Promotes collaboration and dialogue between researchers and policy makers and encourages the development of new research projects

  • Preserves data and research materials for future generations of researchers.

  • Provides resources for training future researchers

  • Fulfills grant obligations to make funded research available to the research community