Document Cloud and Google Docs are recommended for sharing large document sets and spreadsheets, PDFs, and PowerPoint files. Google Refine and Google Fusion Tables are suitable for cleaning and working with large data sets. Google Docs, Google ChartTool, and Google Fusion Tables can be used to create charts, with Fusion Tables handling large data sets. Google Map Builder and Click2Map are options for easy mapping, with Fusion Tables again appropriate for large data sets. Wordle is recommended for making word clouds, while IBM Many Eyes can be used for various other text analyses. Andrew Chavez provides his email, phone number, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn for contact.

1. Andrew ChavezAssociate Director, Texas Center for Community JournalismDirector of Digital Media, TCU Schieffer School of Journalism Displaying Public Information

2. Sharing Documents For large document sets, documents that need notations:Document Cloud: DocumentCloud.org For spreadsheets, PDFs and PowerPoint documents:Google Docs: Docs.Google.com

3. Cleaning Data For large data sets:Google Refine: Code.Google.com/p/Google-Refine

4. Charts For small data sets:Google Docs: Docs.Google.com Powerful, but often hard to use:Google ChartTool: ImageChartEditor.AppSpot.com For large data sets:Google Fusion Tables: Tables.GoogleLabs.com

5. Easy Mapping Super easy, not so powerful:Google Map Builder: Maps.Google.com > My Maps Not-so-easy but oh-so-powerful:Click2Map.com For large data sets:Google Fusion Tables: Tables.GoogleLabs.com

6. Fun with Words Word Clouds:Wordle.net Everything else:IBM Many Eyes: Just Google it

7. Contact me Email A.CHAVEZ@TCU.EDU Phone 817.257.4647 Twitter @ADCHAVEZ Facebook FACEBOOK.COM/ANDREW.CHAVEZ LinkedIn LINKEDIN.COM/IN/ANDREWCHAVEZ