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Digital Scholarship Tools: Overview

Data Tools

Data Cleaning

Data Visualization

Representing information in a chart, diagram, picture, etc. is particularly useful for large amounts of information and for making patterns in data legible.

Network Visualizations

Text Analysis

Text analysis or Text data mining (TDM) is the application of computational methods to analyze a large set of texts to discover patterns and trends.

Digital Collections

Digital collections typically contain digitized cultural heritage artifacts and its corresponding metadata record. (Metadata includes descriptive, structural, technical, and administrative information about the artifact.)

Databases

You can create a database in Microsoft Access and publish it in Sharepoint

Digital Storytelling

Timelines

Social Annotation

Websites

GIS

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that analyzes and displays geographically referenced information.

Software

As a SMU affiliate (faculty, student, staff) you have access to various software packages through OIT (Office, SAS, etc)

Generative AI

Generative AI (GenAI) is a type of artificial intelligence that produces content such as text, images, or music.

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Choosing the Right Tool

Use the simplest tool that still matches the functionality you need.

For example, a simple data visualization could be created with an Excel spreadsheet while complex projects might require a tool with more options or customization.

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