Pitt Data Catalog A project by the Health Sciences Library System

• Spallek, Heiko
• Weinberg, Seth M.
• Manz, Michael C.
• Nanayakkara, Shanika
• 2 more author(s)...

Data were collected from 42 researchers in the International Association for Dental Research examining the respondents' attitudes towards data sharing, concerns related to data sharing, experiences sharing data through repositories and by request, data management practices, and use of new data analysis tools. The responses were unanimously positive towards the idea of data sharing, but included many expressions of concern about the appropriate use of data and the protection of research subjects. The results of this study may aid the development of improved data sharing processes for dental research, including the potential establishment of managed data clearinghouses.

• Data Curation
• Dental Research
• Dentistry
• Information Dissemination

• Iwema, Carrie L.
• Ratajeski, Melissa A.
• Bower, Margarete
• Mattern, Eleanor
• 1 more author(s)...

University of Pittsburgh librarians at the Health Sciences Library System and the University Library System conducted an 18-question Qualtrics survey in 2017 to learn what roles other academic and health sciences libraries are playing at their institutions in providing services and support to their users regarding electronic lab notebooks (ELNs). The PDF contains the survey questions, which are a mix of multiple choice and free text. The CSV file contains de-identifed survey responses (indicated as #####).

• Academic libraries
• Electronic Lab Notebooks
• Information Science
• Laboratory notebooks
• Libraries, Medical
• Library Surveys
• Research Data Management
• Research Notebooks
• Research Support Services

• Iwema, Carrie L.
• Chattopadhyay, Ansuman

The Molecular Biology Information Service (MBIS) of the Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) at the University of Pittsburgh conducted a 33-question Qualtrics survey in early 2018 to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided by the MBIS. The CSV file contains de-identifed survey responses--identifying information for Q6.7 was redacted. Also included is a PDF of the Qualtrics survey response report and a PDF of the survey questions (multiple choice, ranking, and free text).

• Bioinformatics
• Biomedical Research
• Computational Biology
• High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
• Information Science
• Information Services
• Libraries, Medical
• Library Surveys
• Molecular Biology
• Software Training

• Mazure, Emily
• Ratajeski, Melissa A.
• Gau, Karen
• Brody, Erica
• 1 more author(s)...

Details for the methodology used and description of uploaded files are provided in the README.txt file. Other files included are a screening form, codebook, and two .csv files of preliminary and final datasets.

Large animal protocols submitted to Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs) are required to include searches for alternatives and address the “3Rs":

1. Refinement: use methodology and protocols that reduce pain and distress
2. Replacement: substitute animals with non-animal models or lower species
3. Reduction: minimize the number of animals

Locating descriptions of methodology for the refinement concept is challenging since PubMed (and most other databases) do not search full-text.

The objectives of this study were to determine how well the title, abstract, and MeSH terms cover the content of the methods section in in-vivo animal research articles, particularly with respect to procedures, drugs, and animal species used, and to describe how this might impact a search.

The title/abstract, MeSH terms, and methods section of each article were reviewed and details such as: animal species, number of animals, description of housing, description of experimental procedures used, and analgesia/anesthesia were extracted.

• Animal Care Committees
• Animal Testing Alternatives
• Animals, Laboratory
• Information Science
• Information Services
• Literature searching
• Medical Subject Headings
• PubMed

• Ratajeski, Melissa A.
• Iwema, Carrie L.
• Ketchum, Andrea

Librarians at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System conducted a 25-question online survey of the data management practices of researchers within the six schools of the health sciences (School of Medicine, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and School of Dental Medicine).

The survey was administered via SurveyMonkey. Questions included researchers’ demographics and data management practices such as the use of file naming conventions, assignment of metadata to data files, storage of working and back-up data, data accessibility, and the use of data management plans (survey instrument provided). All multiple choice questions required a response and the majority were “check all that apply.”

This dataset includes .csv files of the raw and coded data, data dictionary, and the survey instrument in PDF.

• Information Science
• Library Surveys
• Research Data Management

• Katnani, Husam
• Gandhi, Neeraj

The authors measured eye movements evoked by electrical stimulation delivered simultaneously to two sites in the superior colliculus of nonhuman primates. The effects of current frequency and intensity on movement trajectories are available. The data are potentially useful for understanding algorithms for decoding movement commands from population activity in the superior colliculus.

• Electric Stimulation
• Eye Movement Measurements
• Macaca mulatta
• Microstimulation
• Superior Colliculi
• Vector averaging
• Vector summation

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SIDP, SIDP-IV) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Validity in the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders ("Validity")
2. Screening for Personality Disorders ("Screening")
3. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
4. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Structured Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Emotion and Interpersonal Functioning")
2. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality ("Interpersonal Functioning")
2. Interpersonal Functioning and Emotion in Borderline Personality ("Couples")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Marital Conflict
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry

• Pilkonis, Paul

This data package contains SPSS data and codebooks for the Iowa Personality Disorder Screen (IOWA) assessment used in several personality studies conducted 1990-2017 by Paul Pilkonis.

Associated studies:

1. Screening for Personality Disorders ("Screening")
2. Interpersonal Functioning in Borderline Personality ("Interpersonal Functioning")

Data and codebooks are provided for the studies listed above, as well as a fuller description of the Iowa Personality Disorder Screen instrument. For background demographic data on the participants in these studies, see the Related Dataset: Pilkonis Personality Studies: Background Information Questionnaire (BIQ).

• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Interpersonal Relations
• Personality Assessment
• Personality Disorders
• Psychiatry