Overview

Teaching: 5 min
Exercises: 5 min

Questions

• What other resources are available for working with OpenRefine?

Objectives

• Understand that there are many online resources available for more information on OpenRefine.

• Identify other resources about OpenRefine.

Lesson

Using online resources to get help with OpenRefine

OpenRefine is more than a simple data-cleaning tool. People are using it for all sorts of activities. Here are some other resources that might prove useful.

OpenRefine has its own website with documentation and a book:

• OpenRefine web site Links to an external site.
• OpenRefine Documentation for Users Links to an external site.
• Using OpenRefine Links to an external site. book by Ruben Verborgh, Max De Wilde and Aniket Sawant
• OpenRefine history from Wikipedia Links to an external site.

In addition, see these other useful resources:

• Grateful Data Links to an external site. is a fun site with many resources devoted to OpenRefine, including a nice tutorial.
• Margaret Heller Links to an external site. shows how she uses OpenRefine for Measuring and Counting Impact in Repositories Links to an external site..

There are more advanced uses of OpenRefine, such as bringing in column or cell data using web locators (URLs or APIs). The links above can give you a start on your journey.

Exercise

Visit one of these sites and share what you find with another person.