Wordle - A robust word cloud generator with extensive shape, color and font options.
Voyant - free, web-based text reading an analysis platform.
Google Books NGram Viewer - Analyzes historical word occurrence, usage and changes over time and allows users to download data for more intensive research.
Juxta - Juxta is a cross-platform tool for collating, comparing, and analyzing any kind or number of textual objects
TAPoR 3.0 - Curated gateway (think repository) to text analysis and retrieval tools.
AntConc - A freeware corpus analysis toolkit for concordancing and text analysis. (Learning curve with video tutorials)
OpenRefine - A powerful tool for working with messy data: cleaning it; transforming it from one format into another; and extending it with web services and external data.
HtmlWasher - cleans HTML documents or fragments by reducing and simplying script to basic HTML tags and attributes.
Tableau - analytics platform for exploring and managing data, and generating fast data visualizations. (request for Brown access to an account available to faculty and students)
Power BI - Microsoft platform for interactive data visualizations similar to Tableau (free desktop version available with more limited functions, registration needed)
R-Project - R is an integrated suite of software facilities for data manipulation, calculation and graphical display.
Voyant - free, web-based text reading analysis platform with easy to generate visualizations like charts and word clouds..
Palladio - A web-based tool for visualizing complex historical data with ease using maps, network graphs, and other forms of reading and analyzing data.
VisualEyes - From U of Virginia, a web-based authoring tool to layer images, maps, charts, videos and data into interactive and compelling visualizations.
ArcGIS by ESRI - A suit of tools for making interactive web maps from discovery, access, visualization, to dissemination of geospatial information. The data analysis function gives a quick and easy process for GIS/location calculations and mapping. Brown faculty, students, and staff will have access to ArcGIS Oneline via their Brown credentials.
QGIS or Quantum GIS - a powerful and user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System that runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android. QGIS supports vector, raster, and database formats and is licensed under the GNU Public License.
Kepler - a geospatial analysis tool useful for exploring and tracing trends over time within a specific region or city. Data analysis support for both technical and non-technical users.
Leaflet - an open-source JavaScript library for building all types of maps including mobile-friendly interactive maps. Version 2.0 is currently being release although there is not a stable version yet.
Cartagen - a vector-based, client-side framework for rendering maps in native HTML 5.
Carto - a tool to transform layers of geospatial data and information into data-driven maps that enable analysis and visual discovery of trends and patterns. See Miriam Posner's tutorial here.
GeoJSON.io - create geospatial data and take it into other platforms, like Carto and ArcGI
MapBox Studio - MapBox Studio allows you to customize map display, and then pull that map into other services. It's a free service that pulls data from OpenStreet Maps.
Map Shaper - Allows you to quickly view map data you have downloaded onto you machine by clicking and dragging file.
Palladio - Allows you to both create an integrated point-to-point map (i.e. origin to destination) and timeline. Please note that there is no export option at this time.
Open Street Map - allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.
Spatial Humanities - Scholar's Lab - a community-driven resource for the spatial humanities.
Blender - a free, cross-platform open source 3D creation suite. Check out some Blender Projects.
Twine - an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories (akin to "choose your own adventure").
GameMaker - free game engine for creating 2D games.
Unity - game engine for creating games. (Student and personal accounts are free)
Atlas.ti - A qualitative data analysis package, Atlas.ti helps researchers to organize and analyze complex textual and multimedia data. The software allows users to classify, sort and arrange thousands of pieces of information, accommodating a wide range of research methods.
Conifer - A web archiving service that creates an interactive copy of any web page that you browse, including content revealed by your interactions such as playing video and audio, scrolling, clicking buttons, and so forth.
DiRT - Digital Research Tools Directory - collaborative directory of research tools for scholarly use. Makes it easy for researchers and digital humanists to compare resources for a range of projects and research needs. (*currently unavailable)
Documenting the Now - Documenting the Now responds to the public's use of social media for chronicling historically significant events as well as demand from scholars, students, and archivists, among others, seeking a user-friendly means of collecting and preserving this type of digital content.
Hypothesis - Chrome browser extension for annotating webpages, PDFs, and EPUBs.
Tropy - a tool for managing research photos that shortens the path from finding archival sources to writing about them. Spend more time using your research photos, and less time searching for them.
Zotero - A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Color Brewer - Tool designed to help find colorblind safe colors and palettes.
WCAG 2 Overview - The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Contrast (Minimum): Understanding SC 1.4.3
Markup Validation Service - checking website markup
Contrast checkers - color contrast checker (use with Colorpick Eyedropper in Firefox or Chrome plugin)
"Five Top Tips for Creating an Accessible Form" is a checklist for making accessible forms
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools check overall site usability
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