Table of Contents:
- Cartography and Digital Mapping
- Data Preparation
- Digital Humanities
- Infographics
- Fonts
- Colours
- Accessibility
- Evaluation
- Impact
- Scientific Visualizations
- Social Media Data Visualization
- 3D Modelling/Printing/Virtual Reality
Cartography and Digital Mapping
- Design Principles for Cartography (Esri blog)
- Cartography Guide (Axis Maps)
- Rainbow Color Map (Still) Considered Harmful by D. Borland & RM Taylor
- Five Cartographic Tips for your Data Observatory Maps by Mamata Akella (CARTO)
Data Preparation
- Visual Representation of SQL Joins by C.L. Moffatt (Code Project)
- Explains the terminology around merging/joining two datasets (e.g., inner join, outer join, left join, right join)
Digital Humanities
- Tools and Projects from a Research Lab at Sanford University
- The Digital Panopticon - Data Visualization (list tools and resources of particular interest to Digital Humanities)
Infographics
- Infographic Creation Guide (NCSU Libraries)
- Tools, tutorials, templates, books, and other resources for designing infographics
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Infographic Design Guide
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Infographic Planning Worksheet
- Infographic layout cheat sheet (Piktochart)
- The Ultimate Infographic Design Guide: 13 Tricks for Better Designs (Venngage)
- How to Make an Infographic in 5 Steps (Venngage)
- Piktochart Design Series: With These 8 Articles You Can Now Design Like a Pro
- How to Make Powerful Infographics in PowerPoint (YouTube)
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Evaluation Rubric for Design of Infographics
- Infographic Designers' Sketchbooks [BOOK]
- Infographics: Designing and Visualizing Data [BOOK]
- Infographics: The Power of Visual Storytelling [BOOK]
- Lynda.com course: Data Visualization: Storytelling [ONLINE COURSE]
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Fonts
- How to Choose Fonts (with sample font pairings)
- Modular Scale (for selecting font sizes)
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Colours
- Adobe Color CC
- Color Brewer
- COLOURlovers
- Coolers
- Coblis (Colour Blindness Simulator)
- Your Friendly Guide to Colors in Data Visualisation by Lisa Charlotte Rost [ARTICLE]
- 40 Facts About How the Psychology of Color Can Boost Your Website Conversions [INFOGRAPHIC]
- Handbook of color psychology [BOOK]
- Colour hunting: How colour influences what we buy, make and feel [BOOK]
- Colour Design - Theories and Applications [BOOK]
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Assessibility
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Evaluation
- Savvy Info Consumers: Data & Statistics - the University of Washington Library Research Guide on Evaluating Information
- Infographics Lie. Here's How to Spot the B.S. by Randy Oslon (Fast Company)
Impact
- Visualizing Impact. Use graphs and visualizations to analyze and present research impact (NCSU Libraries)
- Includes a step-by-step guide on bibliometric network visualization using Web of Science and Gephi
Scientific Visualizations
- Ten guidelines for effective data visualization in scientific publications by Christa Kelleher & Thorsten Wagener
- Data Visualization Advice for Scientists (Scientific American)
- The aesthetics of science — How to visualize your research (socializingsciencevu.com)
Social Media Data Visualization
- 17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe (FlowingData)
3D Modelling/Printing/Virtual Reality
[See the MADLab Guide for details on accessing a 3D printer at Gerstein Library]
- 3D Modeling for 3D Printing Tutorial for Beginners (Shapeways)
- 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a 3D Model for 3D Printing by Fabian (i.materialise)
- Prepare your model for 3D printing with Blender (sculpteo)
- 3D Printing Models of Landscapes (Topology, Mountains, etc.) by 3D Printing Ninja (instructables)
- Lesson: Introduction to 360-degree video and virtual reality (YouTube Creator Academy)
- How NOT to shoot in 360 (YouTube Creator Academy)
- 20 tutorials to help you use VR in your design work (Creative Bloq)