NVivo: Help & Learn

If you need help with an NVivo question, send an email to library.grad@uleth.ca (feel free to include screenshots of where the problems occur). The Library will do our best to assist with troubleshooting.

The Library will regularly offer a two-part workshop in the use of the latest version of NVivo. Please note: NVivo is available for Windows and Mac OS but the Mac version does not include all of the features available on Windows. Each workshop is therefore specific to either Windows or Mac and will cover the following:

• Part 1: Getting Started
  • import data
  • code data
  • basic queries


• Part 2: Further Steps
  • cases
  • case classifications
  • more complex queries

Fall 2024 workshops (for Windows users)

November 2024

• On campus NVivo Part 1 (Windows): Thu Nov 14, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, L950. Register here.  Part 1 slides.
• On campus NVivo Part 2 (Windows); Thu Nov 14, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, L950. Register here.  Part 2 slides.

Workshops for research teams or groups

If you are interested in an NVivo workshop for a particular group or research team, feel free to contact the Graduate Studies Librarian to discuss the possibility.

Files for workshop participants who wish to follow along by importing the same files as the workshop presenter:

Part 1: Getting Started

• Sample interview files:
  • Thomas
  • Susan
  • Dorothy
  • Robert
  • Helen-audio
  • Helen-transcript
  • Ken-video
  • Ken-transcript

Part 2: Further Steps

• Sample case classification
• Sample survey file
  • from openICPSR project described here
  • prepped survey ready for import

The NVivo 14 user guide from Lumivero (the NVivo developer) is available here:

• Windows
• Mac

Lumivero also hosts an NVivo community forum where NVivo users can crowd-source solutions to challenges encountered in their NVivo project and experienced users can share their knowledge and trouble-shooting suggestions.

The University of Hull Library offers a series of short videos on various aspects of NVivo for Windows (Release 1), a slightly older version that is essentially the same as NVivo 14 in functionality and layout.

For a recorded 2-hour tutorial on team-based NVivo (Release 1) coding in a manually coordinated Windows environment, see NVivo for Team Coding Workshop and accompanying handout from the Georgia State University Library.