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Geographic Information Services (GIS)

This guide gives a basic overview of GIS and the resources available at the Texas State University Libraries.

Learning Opportunities

There are many avenues for Texas State University students, faculty, and staff to learn more about GIS and related topics, both in-person and online.

Self-Guided Online Courses: ESRI Academy

ESRI Academy offers online-based courses ranging from basic to advanced GIS skills.

To login and explore available courses:

2. In the top right corner, select the human icon to open the Sign In page.

3. Click on the Your ArcGIS Organization URL button, and type txst in the box. Then, click Continue.

4. Click on the Texas State University button to confirm.

5. Enter your TXST NetID and password to continue to login.

You'll then be able to search across a variety of GIS topics and tutorials, workshops, and trainings available.

Accessing ArcGIS Software

Texas State University has campus-wide access (site license) to major ESRI software and products such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online (including Story Maps, Survey 123 etc.), and ArcMap (advanced). This means that any member of the university community (Student, Faculty, and Staff) has unrestricted access to these products for academic (research/teaching) purposes only.

See ITAC's ArcGIS Support page form information on installing and accessing ArcGIS.

Texas State University students, faculty, and staff have access to ArcGIS Pro from several open computer labs. ArcGIS Online can be run on any computer that is connected to the internet.

View more information about available software in Open Computer Labs: