Jeff Essic

Lead Librarian for GIS

Phone: (919) 515-5698

Email: jfessic@ncsu.edu

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My areas of expertise

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Maps
• Finding Data
• Government Information

My research guides

• Government Information (edited on August 4, 2022)
• Maps and Atlases (edited on June 13, 2023)
• U.S. Legal Resources Research Guide (edited on June 23, 2023)

I can help with

• Finding Data

  Finding and using data sets, census, geospatial, business

• Preparing Data

  Modeling data, cleaning data, joining data

• Analyzing Data

  Using R, Python, SAS, NVivo

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  Geospatial data, GIS, mapping

• Data Management

  DMP review, sharing & discovery, best practices

Selected Works

• Fall 2018: Recommended Sources for GIS Data
• GIS 280: Intro to Geo-Data Literacy, Spring 2018 (Condensed version, 18:46)
• GIS 410/510: Intro to Geo-Data Literacy, Fall 2017 (Expanded version, 1hr)
• Historic Aerial Photos: Who Has What? (Sept. 2016)
• Search Multiple Data Websites Simultaneously Using APIs (Summer 2016)