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Data Citation and Data Planet: Common Citation Style Formats

Provides an overview of best practices for citing datasets found in Data Planet.

Data Planet and Reference Managers

Data Planet Statistical Datasets currently supports exports to the reference management tools RefWorks, EndNote, and Zotero.

Shows data citation formats and reference managers supported in Data Planet

Do note that the final responsibility for the citation is yours - as the author of the paper - so you should always review the citation created using a reference manager against the source style guide. Consult your faculty, writing center, or library for more information.

APA, Chicago, and MLA Data Citation Formats

While DataCite is the standard, not all style manuals have adopted it, nor have all style manuals set guidelines for data citation. Below we provide examples of commonly used citation formats for datasets and views you create in Data Planet Statistical Datasets. 

Two caveats:

1. Data Planet datasets and views use DOIs as a permanent and unique identifier - ensuring that you can always return to the dataset and the view at the time you created it. For more on DOIs, visit here. When citing sources, you will sometimes see a DOI displayed without a URL, eg, as DOI: 10.6068/DP17F756C78B333​. The organizations that issue DOIs encourage use of the URL and we do too: eg, https://doi.org/10.6068/DP17F756C78B333

2. As with all electronic reference management tools, do note that the final responsibility for the citation is yours - as the author of the paper - so be sure to review the citation created against the source style guide and/or consult faculty.

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American Psychological Association style (7th edition)

Format: Author/Producer. (YYYY, Month Day). Dataset title: chart title version [Data set]. Publisher Name. https://doi.org/xxxxx

Example: Energy Information Administration. (2020, May 17). Retail gasoline prices: Gasoline prices - all grades, 08/20/1990 - 05/11/2020 [Data set]. Data Planet™ Statistical Datasets: A SAGE Publishing Resource. https://doi.org/10.6068/DP1722EF40B2064

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American Psychological Association style (6th edition)

Format: Author/Producer. (Year, Month Day). Title of dataset (Version number) [Description of form]. Publisher. DOI [or Retrieved from URL.].

Example: Energy Information Administration. (2020, May 17). Retail gasoline prices: Gasoline prices - all grades, 08/20/1990 - 05/11/2020 [Dataset]. Data Planet™ Statistical Datasets: A SAGE Publishing Resource. 004-004-001. https://doi.org/10.6068/DP1722EF40B2064

Chicago author-date style (17th edition)

Format: Source. Publication Date. Title of Dataset. Publisher. DOI

Example: Energy Information Administration. 2017, September 5. Retail Gasoline Prices: Retail Gasoline Prices - All Grades, 08/20/1990 - 08/24/2017. Data Planet Statistical Datasets: A SAGE Publishing Resource. https://doi.org/10.6068/DP15E5374E97A17 

MLA style (8th edition)

Format: Author. Title of Dataset (including date range of dataset). Publisher, Publication Date. Database Name, DOI. 

Example: Energy Information Administration. Retail Gasoline Prices: Retail Gasoline Prices - All Grades, 08/20/1990 - 05/30/2016. Data Planet Statistical Datasets: A SAGE Publishing Resource, 17 Sept. 2017. https://doi.org/10.6068/DP15E5374E97A17

 

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