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MAXQDA for Literature Reviews Online
Qualitative data analysis software programs can be valuable tools for organizing research sources for a literature review. This workshop will demonstrate techniques for organizing and analyzing literature in the software program MAXQDA, though the strategies will be relevant to other qualitative data analysis tools like NVivo or Atlas.ti.
MAXQDA is a robust software for analyzing qualitative data, including text, media, and survey data. The software is free for all University of Illinois users via a license provided by Illinois Computes.
This workshop assumes basic knowledge of MAXQDA including importing data files, creating codes, and applying codes to text data. If you are new to MAXQDA, you may want to view the Introduction to MAXQDA materials before this workshop.
By the end of this workshop, we hope you'll be able to:
1) Export citation data from Zotero and import into MAXQDA
2) Use MAXQDA organizational features to categorize research sources
3) Use coding tools label relevant parts of research literature
4) Analyze coded data to develop your literature review
See slides and a recording of a previous version of this workshop.
See directions for installing MAXQDA and using the Illinois license.
Request a version of this workshop for your research team or class by contacting Jess Hagman (jhagman@illinois.edu).
This workshop will be offered online and recorded for later viewing. If you cannot attend live, please register for this workshop to receive a link to the recording when available.
- Date:
- Thursday, March 26, 2026
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Presenter:
- Jess Hagman, Social Sciences Research Librarian
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- All are welcome
- Categories:
- Data Collection and Analysis Qualitative Data Analysis
THIS SESSION WILL BE TAUGHT ON ZOOM (YOUR REGISTRATION + REMINDER EMAILS WILL INCLUDE THE LINK).
In order to attend online workshops, you will need a NetID assigned to you from UIUC and you will need to be logged into your UIUC Zoom account.
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NOTE: Registration closes two hours before each scheduled workshop you will receive a registration + reminder email one hour before the session is scheduled to start. The emails will include the Zoom link and passcode. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please reach out to savvyresearcher@library.illinois.edu. Make sure to check your spam/trash!
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