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 complete and submit the Data Deposit Form, which is provided below. The Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving is also provided as a resource to assist you in the preparation of your data for use by your own project team and the research community.
Guide to Social Science Data Preparation and Archiving (PDF 1.3MB)
Completed forms can be e-mailed to contributions@researchconnections.org or mailed to Research Connections, ICPSR, P.O. Box 1248, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248.
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
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