Updated March 2023
Learning How to Use Data
| Library Carpentry – Software and data skills for people working in library- and information-related roles Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library WISE: Web Interface for Statistics Education Research Institute for Public Libraries |
Collecting Data
| Survey Tools | Visual Collaboration Tools |
| Google Forms Office 365 Forms LimeSurvey SurveyMonkey Qualtrics … and so many more …. | Google Jamboard Linoit Mural Miro NoteBookCast Padlet |
Analyzing Data
| Cleaning Data | Quantitative | Qualitative |
| Excel OpenRefine – Free & open source | Excel JMP SPSS Stata R / R Studio | ATLAS.ti Excel MALLET MAXQDA NVivo TAPoR (Text Analysis Portal for Research, University of Alberta) TextAnnotator Voyant Tools Text Analysis Research Guide – Compiled & maintained by Ian Goodale, University of Texas at Austin Libraries |
Visualizing Data
| Tools | Data Viz Examples | GIS & Mapping |
| Databox Microsoft Excel Gephi Google Data Studio GraphViz KNIME KUMU – relationship mapping Lexio by Narrative Science – data storytelling Microsoft PowerBI Tableau | Evergreen Data – https://stephanieevergreen.com Flowing Data – https://flowingdata.com Visualising Data – http://www.visualisingdata.com/ Visual Matters – https://visualmatters.com/ | ArcGIS ArcGIS StoryMaps Census Mapper (Canada) Google My Maps PolicyMap (U.S.) |
| Stephanie Evergreen’s Checklists |
| Data Visualization Checklist and online rating tool Evaluation Report Layout Checklist (related blog post) Kauffman Evaluation Report Guidance (related blog post) |
Managing Data
| Best Practices |
| FAIR Data Principles GitHub |
| Canadian Resources |
| Digital Research Infrastructure in Canada from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada NDRIO: New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization The Portage Network Scholars Portal Dataverse Federated Research Data Repository (FRDR) |