The Map & Data Library offers a number of workshops, online courses, tutorials, and more! If you feel overwhelmed, or don't know where to start, find a theme you are interested in learning more about and see what workshops and online courses are available.
NOTE: Sign up for any of the workshops from our workshop page. There are often multiple sessions, online and in-person for each listing. You can also watch recordings of past workshops.
Thematic Groupings
Data Analysis
- R - An Introduction [Online Course]
- A Gentle Introduction to R in RStudio for Beginners [Live Workshop]
- Getting Started with Intermediate R in RStudio [Live Workshop]
- Introduction to SPSS [Live Workshop]
- A Gentle Introduction to Stata for Beginners [Live Workshop]
Data Cleaning/Wrangling
- Data Cleaning Made Easier with OpenRefine [Live Workshop]
- Working with Messy Data in OpenRefine [Online Course - overlaps with live workshop]
- Excel: Beyond the Basics [Live Workshop]
Data Management
- Depositing Research Data in the University of Toronto Dataverse (Borealis) [Live Workshop]
Data Visualization
- Data Visualization - An Introduction (Part 1 – Theory and Critique) [Online Course]
- Data Visualization - An Introduction (Part 2 – Practice with Tableau) [Online Course - some overlap with live workshop]
- Introduction to Data Visualization Using Tableau Desktop [Live Workshop]
- Introduction to Infographics [Online Course - overlaps with live workshop]
- Introduction to Infographics [Live Workshop]
- Visualizing Relationships: A Friendly Introduction to Working with Networks using Gephi [Live Workshop]
GIS
- An introduction to mapping and spatial analysis with ArcGIS Pro [Live Workshop]
- An introduction to mapping and spatial analysis with ArcGIS Online [Live Workshop]
- An introduction to ArcGIS Storymaps [Live Workshop]
- An introduction to mapping and spatial analysis with Open Source GIS Software, QGIS [Live Workshop]
Programming
- R - An Introduction [Online Course]
- A Gentle Introduction to R in RStudio for Beginners [Live Workshop]
- Getting Started with Intermediate R in RStudio [Live Workshop]
- A Friendly Introduction To Python for Absolute Beginners (Part 1) [Live Workshop]
- A Friendly Introduction to Python for Absolute Beginners (Part 2) [Live Workshop]
Text and Data Mining
- Text Analysis Tasting Menu: A Sampling of Available Tools [Live Workshop]
- Text Analysis Fundamentals with the Digital Scholar Lab [Live Workshop]
- Learn Basic Text Analysis with Constellate [Live Workshop]
- An Introduction to Newspaper Text Analysis with ProQuest TDM Studio Workbench [Live Workshop]
- If you enjoyed working in Constellate or ProQuest TDM Studio, consider taking your Python knowledge further with "A Friendly Introduction to Python for Absolute Beginners (Parts 1 & 2)," above