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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…

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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…

Research Data Services May Post of the Month

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.

map of Dallas showing locations of deaths

#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.

A screenshot of the MTA Growth map

#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.

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Using Shapefiles in Tableau

After exploring shapefiles in Tableau, I created an exercise to test it out using COVID-19 data.

Amiri Baraka above bar chart showing his stories were most anthologized in the '60s and '70s but became more anthologized again in the '90s and early 2000s.

#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.

map of age-friendliness in Columbus, OH

#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…

A screenshot of the Texas UFO Sightings Map

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’…

Wooden desk with map on it that has different 6 stages of the research data lifecycle. A compass is on top of the map that also features the research data lifecycle. A pie graph is on the wooden desk which features the causes of data loss.

#vizoftheweek 9: Managing Your Data

View the steps necessary to manage your data successfully throughout the research data life cycle.

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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.

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#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.