About the Resource Map
The DePaul Resource Map is a reference guide to the university's research, teaching, creative, and community-engaged resources. It brings together laboratories, centers, studios, clinics, shared facilities, courses, external partners, and the people who connect them.
The map is designed to help faculty and Office of Research Services (ORS) staff answer practical questions: What resources already exist? Who is connected to them? What kinds of access are available? Which public sources can support a proposal or planning document?
What you will find
| Area | What it contains |
|---|---|
| Resource pages | Facilities, laboratories, centers, clinics, programs, services, and partners |
| Equipment and facilities | Searchable categories linked to the places where they are available |
| Curriculum | Catalog courses with documented connections to facilities and applied work |
| People | Faculty, staff, and research contacts linked to resources, grants, courses, and publications |
| Colleges & schools | Listings organized by the DePaul unit responsible for them |
Grant records and quality-review reports are maintained behind the public site to support institutional research and proposal planning.
Access labels
Where public information is available, a resource page includes an access label:
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🟢 green | Open or routine access for eligible users |
| 🟡 yellow | Access requires an appointment, conversation, or program affiliation |
| 🔴 red | Restricted; special authorization is required |
| ⚪ unknown | Public information is not yet sufficient to classify access |
An access label is a starting point, not a reservation or guarantee. Follow the contact or access link on the resource page for current arrangements.
Operational status labels
Access answers who would be eligible. Operational status answers whether the resource is actually a staffed, maintained service. Only assessed resources show this section; resources without a record have not been classified.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Operational | Staffed and maintained; documented use or account provisioning supports treating it as a current service |
| Impaired service | Listed, but current evidence does not support treating it as a staffed, maintained user service |
| Not available as a service | Listed in some materials, but it is not a current service |
| Listed only | Appears in public or grant materials; operations have not been assessed as a user service |
| Unknown | Operations were reviewed; evidence is insufficient to classify |
Needs assessments and curator judgments that lack a public source stay in internal reports and submitted materials. They are not a public roster of deficiencies.
Verification labels
Each listing also carries an estimate of how strongly current public sources support it:
| Symbol | Status | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ | confirmed | Supported by a current official page, catalog entry, or corroborating public sources |
| ~ | likely | Probably current, but supported by partial or indirect documentation |
| ? | needs review | Documentation is weak, old, incomplete, or conflicting |
| ✕ | archived | Superseded or retained to preserve a stable historical record |
These labels make uncertainty visible. A “likely” resource may be useful for exploration, but a proposal writer should confirm it before relying on it.
Where the information comes from
Listings cite public documentation such as official DePaul pages, the university catalog, grant records, and partner announcements. Non-DOI web evidence is archived internally when it enters the map so a maintainer can verify what the source said if the public page later changes or disappears. References identify when this internal archived copy is available while continuing to link readers to the current public page.
Records are reviewed before publication. The “Last verified” date on a resource page shows when its information was last checked.
People and courses
- A person page is a relationship guide, not a replacement for a faculty or staff biography.
- A course page summarizes the official catalog description and documented connections to facilities, practices, or resources.
- A connection indicates that a public source supports the relationship; it does not imply unrestricted access, active collaboration, or endorsement.
Corrections and additions
If a listing is missing or out of date, use the submission page to suggest a correction and provide public documentation. Suggested changes are reviewed before they appear on the site.
For the reasoning behind this approach, see How the Resource Map Is Maintained. Maintainer conventions are documented in Resource Map Data Standards.
System status
The System health page reports the current index build and site status.