Title: Options for Remote STEM Research: Finding and Using Spatial Data (Live Twitter Q&A) Short summary: Find spatial data to conduct new analyses and enhance existing projects Longer summary for libcal: Spatial datasets can enhance an existing analysis, be used to create a map of your study area, or be an analysis in and of themselves. We'll answer your questions about spatial data live on Twitter. Please view the spatial data series, videos 7-10 on our Youtube channel (bit.ly/OUSTEMYT), and bring your questions! Format: recordings/scripts pointing to libguides Sections (matching slides in [ppt][1]) - Video 7: considering your spatial data needs - Video + voice: Welcome to video 7 of our summer STEM research from home series. We're going to start talking about using existing datasets, and this next few videos we will focus on spatial datasets you can use. These can enhance an existing analysis by adding a spatial component, create a map of your study, or be an analysis in and of themselves. - Voice + slides: we're going to cover commonly used online sources and where you can get these from our geography Research Guide. We'll also cover what to do if you aren't finding what you need from our common spatial data sources and some resources on working with your spatial data. - Voice + slides: First, consider your data needs. - What is your research question? - Are these data for a map or an analysis? - Once you have determine what you need, you need to consider some technical and scale considerations. - What type of data do you need - rasters or vectors? If you're not sure, we have a great link here. - What is the data scale you need? Local? National? Global? You can always narrow down a big dataset but it's much more labor-intensive to scale up an existing local dataset. - What agency, if any, has jurisdiction? Many common datasets are provided by government agencies at all levels. - Finally, can you create your own dataset if necessary? You may have to do this if your dataset is very specific. - In the next three videos, dataset sources; how to find or make your own datasets if these common sources don't have what you need; and if you're not already familiar with using spatial data, where to find resources on using the data you've found. - The upcoming videos in this series will be announced on Twitter and the DAVIS listserv. - You can view past videos in this series, which include the series overview and a webinar on meta-analysis, at bit.ly/OUSTEMYT . - Thanks for joining us and stay safe out there! - Video 8: Spatial data resources - Let's have a look at some resources linked from our research guide at guides.ou.edu/geography - On this page, click on "Researcher Resources", then scroll down and click "Spatial Datasets". - We have a lot of resources here so I want to highlight a few things about the terminology on these sites when you are looking for data. - Some common phrases to look for are GIS, products, data, data products, download, raster, layers, vectors, shapefiles, and coordinates. - Other places may have a mix of data formats that can contain spatial data or be sorted geographically. DataONE is a good example. It has a geographic search but only some have GIS data - Video 9: difficulty finding spatial data - If none of the data sources listed on guides.ou.edu/geography have what you need, let's start with some strategies to search in less common places. - Google search "topic" "gis data" - Search a domain example deq.ok.gov: gis - Broaden your scope (try national instead of state, world instead of national) - Contact me or the government documents librarian (guides.ou.edu/govdocsubjects) - It exists but we don't have access (5 min) - https://libraries.ou.edu/datagrant - datasets can be purchased on a one-time basis and used by others are preferred. - It's definitely not in existence (5 min) - modify an existing dataset if licensing allows - search in specialized data repositories - consider making your own dataset - contact me and digital scholarship specialists for how to make these files - contact your subject liaison, western history, government documents, or history of science for potential local to Oklahoma or US paper maps or location data - Video 10: how to work with spatial data - Common programs to use are QGIS, ArcGIS, Tableau, and R. - Let's have a look at some software linked from our research guide at guides.ou.edu/geography and click on "Researcher Resources", then scroll down and click "Spatial Datasets". - Tutorials for QGIS and ArcGIS and R are available on our research guide for geography at guides.ou.edu/geography as well. - We've got workshops coming up June 19 for Tableau and June 26, 2020, on ArcGIS StoryMaps. - Guest: Theo Acker on Tableau - Guest: Tara Carlisle on ArcGIS StoryMaps - If you're watching this video after those dates, please check libraries.ou.edu/events for upcoming workshops and check out the curricula at libraries.ou.edu/workshops-on-request. 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