Big data, the collection and analysis of large amounts of data is in the news:

• The current issue of Research Trends is a special issue is on 'Big Data' - it covers the evolution of Big Data as a scientific topic, how big datasets can be used to inform funding and science policy decisions, data analytics and visualisation and the use of big datasets in bibliometric research.
• Listen to the BBC World Service as to Why big data is so big.
• Two articles from the Age: (1) Gene data guru and stormwater expert win top prize on how biology experiments generate masses of data and the role of bioinformatics and (2) Deciphering the big data buzz.
• A Wired post looks at the future of big data. An issue of Nature back in 2008 examined what big data sets mean for contemporary science.
• Type "big data" into Summon on the Library website to find more articles.