Guides: Digital Scholarship Center: Software and Hardware

Image editing and manipulation

ImageMagick
A free, open-source command-line driven software suite, used for editing and manipulating digital images. It can be used to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images, and supports a wide range of file formats, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and PDF.
Adobe Creative Cloud
OSU faculty and staff can install a variety of Adobe products via Creative Cloud.
GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
A free and open source cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows and more operating systems. Provides much of the same functionality as Adobe Photoshop.

Text Mining and Analysis

Voyant Tools
An open-source, web-based application for performing text analysis. A great starting point
AntConc
A freely-available desktop corpus search and concordancing program available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
LIWC
Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) is a paid tool for text analysis. Relatively affordable academic licenses are available.

Digital Exhibits and Publishing

Omeka
Open-source web publishing platform for sharing digital collections and creating media-rich online exhibits.
ArcGIS StoryMaps
From Esri, the StoryMaps platform enables compelling narrative construction supported with data and maps.
MiKTeX
A free and open-source distribution of the TeX/LaTeX typesetting system for Microsoft Windows.
Zotero
A free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials, such as PDF files.

Network Analysis

Gephi
Free and open source, cross-platform, visualization and exploration software for all kinds of graphs and networks.
Gephi Lite
A web-based version of Gephi, great for getting started with networks.

GIS and Mapping

Software

ArcGIS Pro
From Esri, the flagship desktop GIS software. Oklahoma State University provides software access and training to all students and faculty via a site license.
ArcGIS Online
From Esri, the cloud based online mapping platform, available anywhere via the web.
ArcGIS StoryMaps
From Esri, the StoryMaps platform enables compelling narrative construction supported with data and maps.
QGIS
The preeminent free and open sources desktop GIS.

Training and Workshops

There's a variety of online training available and detailed on the McCasland Maps and Spatial Data website.

Expert Consultation

Kevin Dyke (kdyke@okstate.edu)

Working in 3D

Blender 3D Software
Our recommended software for getting started with 3D modelling. A powerful, open source, free, CAD software that works with Windows, Mac, and Linux computers
ArcGIS Pro
From Esri, the flagship desktop GIS software. Oklahoma State University provides software access and training to all students and faculty via a site license.
Unity
A cross-platform game design engine that allows you to create in 3-D, 2-D, and more.

Training and Workshops

Blender Fundamentals (YouTube playlist)
A playlist containing 43 videos introducing you to the fundamentals of working in 3-D with Blender.
Edmon Low Creative Studios
Housed alongside the Reserve Textbooks at Edmon Low, the technology available for checkout in Room 105 is focused on helping students record, prepare, and finalize content for personal or class use.

Expert Consultation

Shannon Austin (for Blender and 3D printing) (shannon.austin@okstate.edu)

Transcription and Annotation

Whisper
An automatic speech recognition (ASR) system.
oTranscribe
A free web app to assist audio transcription.
VOSK
Offline speech recognition, written in Python and easily installed on a variety of devices.

Hardware

4 PCs (one with overhead book scanner)

Dell Precision 3260 Workstation with Windows 10. Intel Core i7-12700, 2100Mhz, 12 core processor. 32 GB of RAM. NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 6GB graphics card. 37-inch curved widescreen monitor.

2 Macs (one with overhead book scanner)

iMac with macOS Ventura, Apple M1 processor, 8 core. 16GB of RAM. 24-inch Retina display.

Black and white printer

Statistics and Data

Software

RStudio
An integrated development environment (IDE) for R and Python. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, and tools for plotting, history, debugging, and workspace management. RStudio is available in open source and commercial editions and runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux).
OpenRefine
A free, open source tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data.

Stata (via Virtual Lab)
SAS (via Virtual Lab)
SPSS (via Virtual Lab)
MATLAB (via Virtual Lab)

Training and Workshops

Software and Data Carpentry (OSU Carpentry)
Learning Statistics with R (free, online material)

Expert Consultation

Dani Kirsch (danielle.kirsch@okstate.edu)

Programming Languages and Tools

R
R is a programming language for statistical computing and graphics.
RStudio
An integrated development environment (IDE) for R and Python. It includes a console, syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution, and tools for plotting, history, debugging, and workspace management. RStudio is available in open source and commercial editions and runs on the desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux).
Python
Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability with the use of significant indentation.
Anaconda
Anaconda is a distribution of the Python and R programming languages for scientific computing, that aims to simplify package management and deployment.
Git
Free and open source version control compatible with all operating systems.
GitHub
A cloud based version control site with social features.
Notepad++
A free and open-source text and source code editor for use with Microsoft Windows.
Visual Studio Code
A free, cross-platform tool for writing and testing software.
Visual Studio Code for the Web
Web-based version of VS Code, great for quick edits and smaller projects.

Digital Scholarship Center: Software and Hardware

Software and Hardware

Text Mining and Analysis

GIS and Mapping

Digital Exhibits and Publishing

Transcription and Annotation

Network Analysis

Datasets and APIs

Image Editing and Manipulation

Working in 3D

Statistics and Data

Programming

Image editing and manipulation

Text Mining and Analysis

Digital Exhibits and Publishing

Network Analysis

GIS and Mapping

Software

Training and Workshops

Expert Consultation

Working in 3D

Training and Workshops

Expert Consultation

Transcription and Annotation

Hardware

Statistics and Data

Software

Training and Workshops

Expert Consultation

Programming Languages and Tools