Text Mining, Data Mining or simply TDM refers to a range of tools or methodologies working with large volumes of data or text. This is combined with automated or programmatic analysis of the copied content in order to reveal patterns, links, trends and other insights.
For the purposes of academic research there are two tiers of TDM:
- The first tier is where researchers are interested in accessing content where its owners allow use of mining techniques. Once located the researcher takes care of how it will be done.
- The second tier of TDM is where owners not only allow access but provide tools such as an application programming interface (API) to support such analysis.
A team within the Bodleian Data Service have responsibility for developing and managing TDM support for researchers. For more information or advice contact the Bodleian Data Librarian.
