Data Visualization Literacy: A Need, A Language, and A Process
Learn to make data visualizations that are concise, accurate, and complete. Learn to identify why certain charts are better than others and how…
New Team Member Rubab Shahzad
As a Data Visualization Librarian, Rubab Shahzad sees the story behind the numbers and figures presented to her when students and faculty seek…
Finding Inspiration for Digital Humanities and Data Visualization Projects
Looking at other projects can give you ideas about potential research topics, research methods, visualization style, or more.
#vizoftheweek 14: Dallas Death Map
Have you ever wondered which parts of the Dallas area are “haunted”? An interactive map created at UTA Libraries lets you do just that.
#vizoftheweek 12: Subway Growth and Transit Deserts in NYC
While New York City’s subway system is famous, New Yorkers living in the outer boroughs of the city also face the reality of transit deserts.
Using Shapefiles in Tableau
After exploring shapefiles in Tableau, I created an exercise to test it out using COVID-19 data.
#vizoftheweek 11: Amiri Baraka, Poetry and Anthology Data
Why build a dataset on Amiri Baraka? Dr. Howard Rambsy explains the process of studying literary history using digital tools.
#vizfotheweek 10: Age Friendliness in a community’s characteristics
This blog post is about use of GIS in research. The study identified the relationships between socio-economic demographic characteristics of…
Mapping with Datawrapper: Texas UFO Sightings Map
This week, I decided to learn a new data visualization tool: Datawrapper. What better dataset to try it out with than the UFO sightings dataset I’…
#vizoftheweek 9: Managing Your Data
View the steps necessary to manage your data successfully throughout the research data life cycle.
Tableau Data Prep: Cleaning and Restructuring Data for Visualizations - Instruction Video
View the steps to preparing data for visualization in Tableau in this step-by-step video.
#vizoftheweek 7: Literary Geotagging - Edward P. Jones and Spatial Storytelling, Part I
This week, read the first of 2 posts about how locations in Washington, D.C. were analyzed in stories by Edward P. Jones.