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Tools for Data Visualization
- Chart Studio by PlotlyWeb-based application to create visualizations. Free version has limited capabilities.
- DatawrapperCreate charts, tables, and maps with a free account. Publish and share your visualizations, or keep them private.
- ExcelMicrosoft's popular spreadsheet tool comes with some basic visualization capabilities, like creating bar charts and line graphs.
- PlotlyData visualization package for programming languages like Python and R. Allows creation of interactive visualizations. Open-source.
- RAWgraphsRAWgraphs is a web-based data visualization platform that allows opportunity for customization.
- Tableau PublicTableau is a popular and effective data visualization platform. The public account is free with limited capabilities. The Desktop version is available in the Student Multimedia Design Center in the Morris Library.
Tutorials
- Tableau Public TrainingTableau offers an extensive training catalog on their software, from getting started with basic visualizations to using more advanced features like calculations and maps.
- Visualizing Data with Bokeh and PandasTutorial on using Python packages Bokeh and Pandas to create interactive web visualizations. Requires a basic knowledge of Python.
- Research Guide: Working with Data - information on finding, collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data
- Research Guide: Research Data Management - information on managing your research data
The Digital Initiatives and Preservation department teaches workshops in the library on data visualization and other digital methods. See our webpage for information on upcoming workshops and other events. Feel free to contact us (AskDSP@udel.libanswers.com) with any questions!
Additional Information
- The Data Visualisation CatalogueProvides a nice overview of different types of data visualization, and allows filtering by type of viz or type of data.
The Truthful Art by
Cairo explains in clear terms how to work with data, discover the stories hidden within, and share those stories with the world in the form of charts, maps, and infographics.
Call Number: QC397.5.I53 C35 2016ISBN: 9780321934079Publication Date: 2016-02-18
