Visualization

A good data visualization can expose new patterns and relationships in your data and help you communicate about it more clearly. The NC State University Libraries can help you become a data visualization expert.

Get involved

• Coffee & Viz is a forum for NC State researchers to share their visualization projects, discuss topics of interest, and meet others doing visualization work.
• Join the Visualization Interest Group, an email list for NC State researchers and practitioners to discuss visualization issues, find collaborators, and publicize events.

Learn

• Take data visualization workshops on topics like Tableau and QGIS.
  • See materials from past workshops.
• Check out our Data Visualization Guides, including workshop materials and the crowdsourced infographic creation guide.
• Access LinkedIn Learning tutorials on Visualization Design.

Create

• Get help with geospatial visualization.
• Access specialized visualization software like Gephi and ggplot2 on devoted workstations in Hill and Hunt.
• Create graphics to illustrate and present your data.
• Use Virtual and Augmented Reality technology including the VR Studio.

Communicate

• Interested in sharing your visualizations with the NC State community and beyond? Find out how to showcase your work at the Libraries.
• Use these boilerplate facilities descriptions in your grant proposals.

Get help

• Our librarians and Data Science Consultants are available for data and visualization questions and consultations—email us!
• You can also get help over chat and Zoom.