- Finding spatial data for research or secondary data sets to support your analysis;
- Communicating your research through mapping and other data visualization methods.
Library Support
- Consultations**
- Workshops & Classes
- Online Resources
- External Partnerships
Winter Sessions
(Wednesdays at noon)
External Partnerships:
+ + + =
This is a lot.
Getting Started:
- What do you have?
- What have others done?
- Make a plan
Getting Started:
Library Subject Guides (Statistics, GIS, Visualization)
Don't forget about training resources!
Key Points:
- Understand what data is available to you (open and proprietary).
- Take data security into consideration when selecting tools.
- Know what training is available to you.
Step 2: Integrating
Step 3: Analyzing & Visualizing
Getting Started:
Make use of institutional repositories (GISHub, Dataverse, MSpace)
Think of the future
Key Points:
- Your expertise - be kind to your future self
- Purpose - exploratory vs. explanatory
- Audience - expertise, mediation
- Data requirements - size, residency, privacy...