Research Guides: Data and Digital Humanities Software: Data Visualization

Digital Humanities Based Data Vizualization

Image Plot
Image visualization software: explore patterns in large image collections
Knight Lab
Best known for their innovative suite of open-source, adaptable, and lightweight tools for media makers. The most popular, TimelineJS, has been used by more than 250,000 people to tell stories seen hundreds of millions of times, and is available in more than sixty languages. We also develop prototypes of tools for reporting, data management, research, and storytelling, often in connection with Northwestern classes.
Nodegoat
Nodegoat is a web-based research environment for the humanities that allows for data modeling, data creation and exploration, and data publication.
Palladio
Visualize complex historical data with ease.

PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
A data and mapping tool with access to demographic, income & spending, housing, quality of life, economy, education, and health indicators. Users can create maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in visualization tools, generate on-the-fly reports, and upload their own data for comparisons.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
SimplyAnalytics helps you analyze, interact with, and visualize over 75,000 data variables. User friendly and includes training modules. Access includes data from the year 2000, 2010, Current Estimates, Five Year Projections, the American Community Survey, Decennial Census, County and ZIP Code Business Patterns Survey and the Consumer Expenditure Data (CEX) and the Claritas PRIZM data module.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Social Explorer helps you visualize and interact with data through the creation of maps and charts. You can create reports and download visualizations and data spreadsheets. It includes built-in data indicators on demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more.

Tableau
Tableau allows you to analyze and visualize your data. Tableau requires a subscription, however, there is a free one-year student license available.