Digital Project Design
Beyond the Research Paper
Research projects can take many forms. UW Libraries provides a range of tools and support to help you create and communicate your research in a variety of digital formats. This type of research work is commonly referred to as “Digital Scholarship.”
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Getting Started
With many options to choose from and learn about, it can be difficult to know where to start with your digital project. Learn how to narrow your focus and select the right tools and resources for your research idea.
Digital Scholarship Tools: Getting Started On Your Project >
Audio/Video
Discover UW Libraries recording studios, video production tools and resources to help you create research-based podcasts, video stories and more.
Showcase Your Research Online
Turn your research paper or project into a dynamic, interactive experience by creating web-based projects like online exhibits, presentations, books, maps and more. UW Libraries provides students, faculty, and staff with the tools and support to create websites, register a subdomain and create your own online space and digital presence – no prior experience required!
Digital Books
Become an author and create a book in minutes with platforms that easily create chapters with traditional text and the ability to incorporate media, visualizations, gaming, and more.
Websites
Utilize a wide variety of tools to create online projects using standard platforms like Google or WordPress to more complex platforms that integrate live code and interactivity.
Maps & Timelines
Create visually compelling, interactive research narratives utilizing specialized location software and data tools.
Data Visualization
Learn how to turn your data into compelling visual charts, graphs and more.
Student Perspective
“…The Libraries provide personal instruction and training that is really important for researchers to do this type of digital scholarship work.”
Explore UW Digital Projects
Students and faculty use UW-Libraries digital scholarship tools to create and publish many different types of research. Explore some of these examples to get inspiration and learn more about support for digital projects.
Pressbook: Stories From The Place of Sports in The University
This book is the third in a series of student-authored books from the course, The Place of Sports In the University.
A Story about Spanish Theater and Ghosts
This is a digital story about untold narratives based on an analysis of Juan de la Cueva’s El principe tirano (1581).
Tutankhamen Centenary 1922- 2022 website
This website showcases the work of University of Washington MLIS Capstone students focusing on records of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, in celebration of the 2022 centenary.