This introductory seminar developed with support from the National Library of Medicine's Health Services Research Projects-in-Progress (HSRProj) database provides an overview of how a researcher can determine what data is right for their research question, which sources of federal data to access, and the spectrum of data access. Developed with graduate students and new health services researchers in mind, this seminar explores health data access and data governance to help researchers find appropriate and accessible resources to answer their research questions.