University of Georgia

Resources

For us, Digital Humanities is a research method for the Humanities which uses digital tools to turn traditional objects of study into data. As data we can analyze text, map historical documents, create visualizations, and then use humanities skills to analyze these results.

Getting started with DH

Video Tutorials

Explore our video tutorials on the basics of data collection and data cleaning using Excel; OpenRefine, a quick way to make common edits to a lot of Excel data at once; and RStudio, a programming language to clean and manipulate data.

Methods and Tools

We strive to use open source programs that are supported by a community of users and are typically free or low cost to use. Check out our full explanation on Network Analysis, Text Analysis, and Basic Data Visualization.

DH Pedagogy

New to DH and want to start small? Check out our teaching resources and learn new methods

DH Grants

Find a grant

For large projects that require additional hands, infrastructure, or collaboration a grant might be necessary.

Visit the following granting agencies to view options that might fit your goals

National Endowment for the Humanities Office of Digital Humanities

Institute of Museum and Library Services

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Or contact the Sponsored Projects Administration at UGA to identify additional funding resources

 

 

Make an appointment with the Digital Humanities Coordinator to go over options and decide if a grant is the way forward for you.

Scheduler

Schedule a Consultation with Digi's Director

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Reserve the Lab for a Class or an Event

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Prepare your grant

Contact the Sponsored Projects Administration as early as you can. They will help you navigate the granting process and guide your proposal to have the best chance at being successful.

Here is a brief introduction from Jenna Jones in SPA. SPA presentation

Resources for Grad Students

Brand Yourself Workshop

Video
  • Watch this video to see Joey Stanley’s Brand Yourself workshop.

Take control of your online presence and get ready to hit the job market by creating a unified digital narrative.

Blog
  • Check out Joey Stanley’s blog to see his notes on the workshop.
Presentation
  • Download the Brand Yourself workshop PowerPoint.

Outside Resources

DH resources

Data Viz Lab – Georgia Tech’s tutorials on data visualization including tutorials on Tableau, Python, and D3

Programming Historian is a directory of different lessons on R, JavaScript, Python, mapping and more. These are all tailored to the humanities.

DH Toychest – curated by Alan Liu the DH Toychest offers a list of DH tools, sample datasets for practice, tutorials, and a wealth of other information and resources.

Web Scraping Resources

  • Chrome has a plugin called WebScraper that makes it easier to scrape websites and to bypass any coding. Follow the instructions on the website to download the plug in and it might be good to watch the intro video on the same page. This will allow you to get a feel for the plug in and how it works. Click here to see how to use this plugin and the Cite maps.

Transcription

Here is a list of transcription tools compiled by members of the ALA Digital Scholarship group. Though we have not tested them here, they come with a recommendation from others working on transcription projects.

These sites and packages are designed to facilitate doing your own transcription:

Paid transcription services using humans, AI, or both

Blog post comparing several of these options