Below, we list online and desktop software tools that you can obtain to create, collect and visualize your ethnographic data. Many of these are free and online tools. Starred items (*) are available in the VizE Lab computers.

Data Collection and Visualization

Apple Keynote and Numbers (presentations and spreadsheets)*
ArcGIS (GIS data mapping, also available in Princeton Library; PC only)
Canva (infographics)
Carto (spatial data mapping tool)*
Cmap (concept mapping)
Edraw (concept mapping and diagrams)
Data Visualization Catalogue (descriptions and functions for a variety of visualization formats)
Datawrapper (visualize data in charts and maps)*
Gephi (data analysis and visualization)
Hotjar (online website behavior visualization)
Infogr.am (infographics)
Leaflet (interactive mapping)
LibreOffice (free office suite)
Mapbox (interactive mapping)
Mindnode (concept mapping)
NVivo (qualitative text and multi-media management, analysis and visualization)
Office (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)*
OpenStreetMap (open data mapping sources)
OpenRefine (inspection and cleaning for tabular data)*
Palladio (mapping for relationships and networks)
Piktochart (infographics)
QGIS (GIS data mapping for MacOS)*
Saturate (collaborative data analysis)
Social Explorer (demographic data mapping)*
StoryMap JS (narrative mapping)
Tableau (data analytics using visualizations and mapping)*
Timeglider (timeline)
Timeline JS (timeline)
Timeline Storyteller (timeline environment)
Transana (text and audio-visual media management and analysis)
Venngage (infographics)
Voyant (text analysis and visualization)

Audio-Video Production and Annotation Tools

Adobe Premiere and Creative Cloud (licenses available through OIT, installed at some campus computer labs)*
Audacity (audio editing tools)*
Avid Media Composer (Mac and PC)
Final Cut Pro X (for Apple equipment)
iMovie (included free with Apple computers)*
InqScribe (transcription and note-taking)
Final Cut Studio 3 (Apple, no longer supported)
Movie Maker (free for Windows)
NVivo (qualitative text and multi-media management, analysis and visualization)
Transana (text and audio-visual media management and analysis)

Online Training

Data Management Training for Anthropological Researchers (AAA)
GIS Online Courses (PU Library)
Online training for a wide variety of tools and techniques for video and multimedia production is available at Lynda.com. Members of the Princeton community with a valid netID have free access to this library at lynda.princeton.edu.