French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ added to I-Analyzer
The scientific developers of the CDH Research Software Lab have added the French newspaper Le Figaro to the online text and data mining tool I-Analyzer. This is the first corpus added to I-Analyzer in a different language than English or Dutch. We recommend historians and other researchers to use this new interesting source in I-Analyzer for their research. The I-Analyzer interface is designed to be accessible for users of all skill levels.
Le Figaro is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826, making it the oldest national newspaper in France. It is the second-largest national newspaper in France today, after Le Monde. The newspaper archives of Le Figaro for the years 1854-1954 are freely available through Gallica and have been added to I-Analyzer.
Gallica is the digital library of the National Library of France (BnF) and its partners. It offers free and open access to several million digitized documents from all periods and all media. The scientific developers of the CDH Research Software Lab are currently adding the Gallica collection to I-Analyzer. Subscribe to our newsletter to be the first to receive updates.
About I-Analyzer
Text and data mining (TDM) simplifies the exploration of large datasets (or corpora), making it easier to identify patterns and relationships. TDM tool I-Analyzer is geared toward the pre-analysis phase, allowing researchers and students to conduct full-text searches to quickly locate relevant documents. Users can also apply a multitude of filters, create visualizations to understand broader trends within a corpus, and export selected data subsets for further in-depth analysis in other software programs.
I-Analyzer is open-source software, freely available and primarily intended for academic research and higher education. The tool is continuously developed and maintained in-house at the Research Software Lab of Utrecht University’s Centre for Digital Humanities (CDH). Work on I-Analyzer began in 2017 to address the increasing demand, particularly among Social Sciences and Humanities researchers, for an accessible tool to facilitate preliminary text analysis.
Other corpora available in I-Analyzer
- Dutch newspaper collection, Royal Library, 1600-1876
- The Dutch Throne Speech, 1814-2023
- Hebrew epigraph collection, 769-849
- Goodreads reviews of translated literary texts, 2007-2022
- Judicial system Netherlands, 1900-2022
- Digital Library for Dutch Literature, 1200-1890
- Dutch parliamentary debates (Eerste Kamer & Tweede Kamer), 1815-2022
Working with I-Analyzer
Would you like to get to know the functionalities and corpora available in I-Analyzer? The CDH offers tailor-made workshops for groups of seven people or more. Or would you like to have your own dataset uploaded into the tool? For possibilities, please contact cdh@uu.nl.
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