• OpenRefine is a tool for cleaning data
• The application makes it easy to create an overview of and clean up messy datasets in which row and column names have been used inconsistently
• By using various filters the application can transform text data into a format that makes them more suitable for further analysis
• OpenRefine can also be used to enrich datasets with metadata such as language and geography through external APIs
• AU Library provides assistance to get started with OpenRefine 
• Read more about OpenRefine

• Python is a programming language with a range of applications
• Python can be used for collecting, cleaning, analysing and visualising data
• Python can be used to automate recurring tasks
• Python is free open-source software with expansion packages available for all sorts of purposes
• AU Library provides assistance in getting started with Python
• Read more about Python

Get started with Python

• Python.org, Python for Beginners 
• McKinney, Wes. Python for Data Analysis
• Sweigart, Al. Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

• R is a programming language and environment for statistical data processing and graphics
• R can be expanded with application packages for specialist tasks such as analysing and visualising different data types
• RStudio is an integrated development environment which makes it easier to work in R
• R can be run on different UNIX platforms and similar systems as well as on Windows and MacOS operating systems
• R is freely available within the Free Software Foundations’s GNU General Public License
• AU Library provides assistance getting started with R and RStudio
• Read more about R and RStudio

Get started with R

• Wickham, Hadley, and Garrett Grolemund. R for Data Science
• Grolemund, Garrett. Hands-on Programming with R: write your own functions and simulations
• Silge, Julia and David Robinson. Text Mining with R: a Tidy Approach 

• VOSviewer is a visualisation tool that can shed light on connections in bibliographic and textual data
• Based on scientific articles, the programme can visualise networks of citations, co-citations and bibliographical couplings
• VOSviewer can also be used to extract subject terms and key concepts within specific subject areas
• AU Library provides assistance getting started with VOSviewer
• Read more about VOSviewer