InfoGuides: Software for Data & Digital Scholarship: Overview

Data & Digital Scholarship Services has familiarity with the following software, and can help provide access. See the ITS application software list for other software that the university may support.

Bold software are major packages which we support.

Availability

FOSS = Free AND Open Source Software
Mason = Get an account or install on your personal computer. while at Mason
VCL = Available remotely on ITS' Virtual Lab

Name	Use	Free Home Access	More Information
ABBYY FineReader	Optical character recognition	Other options	A BBYY FineReader guide box
Anaconda	Python package manager	FOSS	Python guide \| Documentation
AntConc	Text Analysis	Free-non-profit	AntConc Documentation (PDF)
ArcGIS Desktop (ArcMap)	GIS	Mason, VCL	ArcGIS guide page & site license information
ArcGIS Online	GIS	Mason	ArcGIS guide page
ArcGis Pro	GIS	Mason, VCL	ArcGIS guide page & site license information
Atlast.ti Desktop	Qualitative Analysis	See FAQ	Atlas.ti guide page
Atlast.ti Web	Qualitative Analysis	Free-Demo	Atlas.ti Web guide page
CARTO	GIS	Free-limits	CARTO Help
Excel	Spreadsheet	Mason, VCL	Spreadsheets guide page
G*Power	Statistical Analysis	FOSS	G*Power Help
Gephi	Network Analysis	FOSS	Gephi guide box
Google Earth Pro	GIS	Free, VCL	Google Earth Help
jamovi	Statistical Analysis	FOSS	Jamovi guide page
JMP Pro	Statistical Analysis	VCL	JMP guide page
MALLET	Text Analysis	FOSS	Mallet Quick Start
NVivo	Qualitative Analysis	See FAQ	NVivo guide page
Omeka Classic	Digital Collections	FOSS	Omeka Classic guide \| manual
Omeka S	Digital Collections	FOSS	Omeka-S manual
OpenRefine	Data Cleaning	FOSS	Open Refine guide page
Oxygen XML Editor	XML Editor	Other options	Oxygen Documentation
Palladio	Network Analysis	FOSS	Palladio guide box
PSPP	Statistical Analysis	FOSS	PSPP Quick tour
Python	Statistical Analysis Data Visualization Text Analysis	FOSS, VCL	Python guide
QDA Miner ProSuite	Text Analysis Qualitative Analysis	Free-Lite	QDA Miner guide page
QGIS	GIS	FOSS	QGIS guide page \| Documentation
Qualtrics	Survey	Mason	Qualtrics guide page
R & R Studio	Statistical Analysis Data Visualization Text Analysis	FOSS, VCL	R guide
REDCap	Survey	Mason	REDCap guide page
SAS	Statistical Analysis	Free-Academic, VCL	SAS g uide page
Sci2 Tool	Network Analysis	FOSS	Documentation
SPSS	Statistical Analysis	VCL, PSPP	SPSS guide page
Stata	Statistical Analysis	VCL	Stata guide page
StatTransfer	Data Conversion	Other options	StatTransfer Manual
Story Maps	GIS	Mason	Story Maps Help
Tableau Desktop	Data Visualization	Free-Academic	Tableau guide page
Tableau Public	Data Visualization	Free	Tableau guide page
Voyant	Text Analysis	FOSS	Voyant Guide Page
UCINET	Network Analysis	Free-90-day	UCINET Tutorials
VOSviewer	Network Analysis	Free	VOSviewer Getting Started
Power BI Desktop	Data Visualization	Free	Power BI Getting Started
MAXQDA	Qualitative Analysis	See FAQ	MAXQDA guide page
Google Ngram Viewer	Text Analysis	Free	Ngram Viewer guide page
Dedoose	Qualitative Analysis	Other options	Dedoose guide page

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