Welcome to the Galaxy for Social Sciences and Humanities!
Whether you are analysing texts, images, audio data or other media, the SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) Galaxy workbench is here to help.
Content
- Getting started
- Join the SSH Galaxy Community
- Tools
- Tutorials
- Publications / Examples
- Upcoming events
Getting started
Are you new to Galaxy or returning after a long time and looking for help getting started? Take a guided tour through Galaxy’s user interface.
ᯓ➤ Join the SSH Galaxy Community
Anybody interested in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences in Galaxy is welcome to join our interest group!
- Join the discussion and get the latest updates! Matrix Chat
🛠️ Tools
Galaxy Europe offers several thousand tools! To customise them to your needs, you can use the My Tools panel on the left-hand side. To see an overview of all tools installed on the platform, click on the button Discover Tools. A new page opens in the middle panel. There you can search for tool names, tags and much more. If you do not know where to start, you can click on this link to get an example of tools that are relevant in the SSH domain. You will see a list of tools, with the tag “Humanities” below. Click on the star to favourite this tag and see all tools tagged with “Humanities” in your own tool panel on the left.
Are you looking for a specific tool? Type in the name, for example, Open Refine. The tool also has a little star (in the same line as the tool name) that you can click to add it to your favourites and the customised tool panel.
That way you can customise your tool panel to your needs. This option is particularly nice if you are working in an interdisciplinary field and want to use tools from various domains.
🎓 Tutorials
Check out the DH section of the Galaxy Training Network (shortened to GTN). The GTN provides open educational resources (OER) that teach you how to use Galaxy. If you have never worked with Galaxy before, we recommend starting with our Introduction to Digital Humanities in Galaxy.
Have you created a cool workflow? Do you want to add it as a tutorial? Wonderful! Documentation for providing further tutorials can be accessed here. We are open to contributions!
📄 Publications / Examples
Not sure where to start?
- Read the German article from Daniela Schneider and Jan Leendertse explaining Galaxy’s applicability to Humanities and Social Sciences research within a reproducible research environment.
Or check out our blog posts for more inspiration!
🏛️ Upcoming events
The Galaxy community organises regularly scheduled training events. You can check the event page for the latest events.
Our Data Policy
| Registered Users | Unregistered Users | FTP Data | GDPR Compliance |
|---|---|---|---|
| For all different storage options, for detailed explanations of data retention policies, and ways how to increase your quota please refer to our dedicated storage site. | Processed data will only be accessible during one browser session, using a cookie to identify your data. This cookie is not used for any other purposes (e.g. tracking or analytics). If UseGalaxy.eu service is not accessed for 90 days, those datasets will be permanently deleted. | Any user data uploaded to our FTP server should be imported into Galaxy as soon as possible. Data left in FTP folders for more than 3 months, will be deleted. | The Galaxy service complies with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can read more about this on our Terms and Conditions. |