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Computational Skills: Resources

Basic Computational Skills

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Online courses on a variety of topics, including software & tech
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Tech and business content, with training videos, case studies, certification prep, & more

Introductory Lessons (online notebooks)

Introduction to Python for Text and Data Mining

Prerecorded Video Tutorials

If the scheduled times do not work with your schedule, several workshops have been prerecorded and are available on-demand. You will need to sign in to Panopto with your SMU ID.

Introduction to R
Data Visualization with R
Introduction to Python with Data Visualization
Center for Research Computing Workshops
Look for workshops with recordings

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Scholarship & Research Support
Provides a variety of consultation, support, and tools to help researchers. Contact us at srstudio@smu.edu.

Scholarship & Research Workshops

SMU Libraries Workshops: Scholarship and Research
Upcoming workshops for Scholarship and Research (GIS, Text Mining, OIT/HPC, R, Python, etc.)

OIT Training

OIT Research Services
IT Training for the SMU Community
Links to OIT workshops and training for basic computer skills and software you will need in your research such as Excel and Adobe.
OIT Services A to Z
Click here for a complete list of services and software available through OIT