Skip to Main Content
Some basic resources to get started with NVivo Qualitative Analysis Software

Need help with an NVivo problem?

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.

Are NVivo workshops available?

The Library periodically offers 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
Winter 2025 workshops (for Windows users)

January

  • Online NVivo Part 1 (Windows): Tue Jan 28, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom. Register here.  Part 1 slides.
  • Online NVivo Part 2 (Windows): Thu Jan 30, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Zoom. Register here.  Part 2 slides.

February

  • On-campus NVivo Part 1 (Windows): Thu Feb 20, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, L950. Register here.  Part 1 slides.
  • On-campus NVivo Part 2 (Windows): Thu Feb 20, 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 explore possibilities.

Workshop files

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

Part 1: Getting Started

 

Part 2: Further Steps

Is there an NVIvo user manual?

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

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.

Online NVivo tutorials?

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.

01. What is NVivo? 13. Memos 25. Matrix coding query
02. [not relevant for ULethbridge users] 14. Editing and annotating files 26. Crosstab query
03. Your first project 15. See also links 27. Project maps
04. Adding files to NVivo 16. Framework matrix 28. Mind maps
05. Cases 17. Sets 29. Concept maps
06. Autocode to speaker name 18. Dynamic sets 30. EndNote export to NVivo
07. Case classifications 19. Queries 31. Importing from EndNote
08. Coding theory 20. Text search query 32. Working with literature
09. Starting to code 21. Query options 33. Queries and literature
10, Developing your coding 22. Word frequency query 34. Preparing surveys for import
11. Viewing your coding 23. Coding query 35. Importing a survey
12. Further coding techniques 24. Sentiment coding 36. Survey data management

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.

Library Resources on NVivo