# DS Methods Overview

DS methods enable scholars and students to conduct research and present scholarship in a variety of modes, including spatial, temporal, textual, hypertextual, immersive, graphical, and exhibitive. DS tools, e.g., ArcGIS, and skills, e.g., coding, are the means by which methods are enacted.  

Here you will find an overview of different methods from a conceptual standpoint. To learn more about enacting methods and using tools, visit [BCDS Learn](https://bcds.gitbook.io/learn/).

### Contents

* [Data Visualization](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/data-visualization.md)
  * [Basic Charts](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/data-visualization/basic-charts.md)
  * [Timeline](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/data-visualization/timeline.md)
  * [Treemap](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/data-visualization/graphical.md)
  * [Network](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/data-visualization/network.md)
* [Mapping](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/mapping.md)
  * [GIS](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/mapping/gis.md)
  * [Story Maps](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/mapping/story-maps.md)
  * [Maps as Interface](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/mapping/maps-as-interface.md)
* [3D & Immersive Technologies](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/3d-immersive-technologies.md)
  * [Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/3d-immersive-technologies/augmented-reality.md)
  * [3D Modeling & Laser Scanning](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/3d-immersive-technologies/3d-modeling-and-laser-scanning.md)
  * [Immersive Games](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/3d-immersive-technologies/immersive-games.md)
  * [360 Degree Capturing](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/3d-immersive-technologies/360-degree.md)
* [Digital Exhibits](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/digital-exhibits.md)
  * [Example Exhibits](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/digital-exhibits/digital-exhibit.md)
* [Hypertext](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/hypertext.md)
  * [Publishing & Presenting](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/hypertext/publishing.md)
  * [Multimedia](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/hypertext/multimedia.md)
  * [Narrative & Games](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/hypertext/narratives-games.md)
* [Textual Encoding Initiative](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/tei.md)
  * [What Does TEI Markup Look Like?](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/tei/tei-example.md)
  * [Facsimiles & Critical Editions](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/tei/facsimiles-critical-editions.md)
* [Text Analysis](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/text-analysis.md)
  * [Out of the Box vs Coding and Scraping](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/text-analysis/text-analysis-tools.md)
  * [Text Analysis Examples](/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/overview/text-analysis/text-analysis-examples.md)


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