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OpenRefine Tutorial for researching cultural data

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Abstract

This tutorial shows how to use OpenRefine in Galaxy to clean and visualize data from the humanities and social sciences. It has two parts:

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • How to use OpenRefine in Galaxy to clean your data?
  • How to use a workflow in Galaxy to extract and visualise information from your data?

Learning Objectives

  • Start OpenRefine as an Interactive Tool in Galaxy
  • Use OpenRefine to clean your data (remove duplicates, separate multiple values from the same field, etc.)
  • Export your cleaned data from OpenRefine to Galaxy
  • Use a pre-existing workflow in Galaxy to extract specific information and visualise your findings

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Digital Humanities

Target audience: Students

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 1

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Digital Humanities in Galaxy

Learning objectives:

  • Start OpenRefine as an Interactive Tool in Galaxy
  • Use OpenRefine to clean your data (remove duplicates, separate multiple values from the same field, etc.)
  • Export your cleaned data from OpenRefine to Galaxy
  • Use a pre-existing workflow in Galaxy to extract specific information and visualise your findings

Date modified: 2025-09-24

Date published: 2025-09-24

Authors: Armin Dadras, Daniela Schneider, Diana Chiang Jurado

Contributors: Armin Dadras, Daniela Schneider, Diana Chiang Jurado, Saskia Hiltemann

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