LibGuides: NMSU Digital Collections: Data Visualizations

Clyde W. Tombaugh Papers Collection Data Visualizations

Below are several collections that illustrate the myriad ways that data can be visualized:

Digital Humanities at MIT
Examples of innovative Digital Humanities projects and links to tools.
Information is Beautiful
Data, information, knowledge distilled into useful graphics and diagrams.
The River
The River is a place to exchange charts and maps. After adding a chart to River, anyone can use it and customize the chart.
Tableau Gallery
Get inspired by over 3 million interactive data visualizations created by more than 1 million people from around the world.

Below are links to various tools that are used for data visualizations and engaging with the field of Digital Humanities:

ChartBlocks
Create any type of chart by importing data from spreadsheets or SQL, or enter data manually.
Chartbuilder
This is a well-known chart-creation tool that uses a Python script to get it running but after that just cut and paste data into the tool to create static charts.
DataBox
Create dashboards for many data sources.
Datawrapper
The tool is entirely web-based and useful for creating fast, easy to understand visualizations.
Google Charts
https://developers.google.com/chart
Infogram
Infogram has over 30 types of charts and maps to customize as you like. Create dashboards from templates.
Looker Studio
Build multiple views of your data as well as dashboards. Integrates with Google Analytics.
Palladio
Allows users to create maps and graphs from structured data
StoryMapJS
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.
Tableau Public
Available for free download, this feature rich program requires that everything you create is public and automatically available on the web via Tableau's visualization gallery.
TimeMapper
Use this free, web-based tool to create timelines and maps by uploading data from a Google spreadsheet.
Visme
Make graphs and charts using templates and a data widget library.
Voyant Word Clouds
Easily create a word cloud to illuminate your data.