Advanced Research Topics

In addition to the tutorials on research data management and geographic information systems (GIS) below, you'll find over 40 additional modules on a wide variety of advanced topics through Sage Campus. More information below. 

If you need additional help with advanced research topics, make a consultation appointment with a librarian.

Research Data Management Tutorials 

• Introduction
• The Data Lifecycle
• Data Entry
• Data Formatting
• Data Manipulation
• Describing Data
• Sensitive Data
• File Organization
• File Storage
• Project Documentation

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Tutorials

• Formatting an Excel File in ArcMap
• Adding XY Data to ArcMap
• Changing projections of XY data from Decimal Degrees to a Projected Coordinate System
• Re-Projecting Multiple Shapefiles
• Unsupervised Image Classification
• Supervised Image Classification
• Accuracy Assessment of an Image Classification in ArcMap
• Georeferencing in ArcMap Tutorial

Additional Tutorials through Sage 

Sage Campus is an online learning platform you can access using your NetID. Learn how to register and enroll in a self-paced course at the User Guide for Learners page. The course length varies based on the topic, with most courses lasting 2 - 6 hours. There are a few in-depth courses that last much longer.  

Sage Campus includes modules on the following topics:

• Introduction to Data Management
• Introduction to Data Visualization
• Analyzing Data
• Introduction to R
• Interactive Visualization with R
• Introduction to Text Mining
• The Art of ChatGPT Interactions

and much more!