Research data management (RDM) is a broad concept that encompasses the organization and documentation of data collected and analyzed throughout the research process, as well as the effort to make that data easily accessible now and in the future. Managing data is more complex than simply saving your files on a thumb drive or cloud server. Proper RDM starts with a Data Management Plan (DMP) which comprises strategic methodology for documenting, formatting, and storing data.
Source: https://biblio.uottawa.ca/en/services/faculty/research-data-management/what-research-data-management
This guide is aimed to help researchers who are working in Health Sciences. If you are looking for data management resources for other disciplines, please visit the Ekstrom Library's Libguide on Research Data Management.