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Empirical Research and Data Services

This guide provides information on the sources and services available to support the empirical research and data needs of the NYU Law community.

What is text and data mining?

Text and data mining (TDM) is a computational process that involves the automated analysis of large amounts of text or data to discover new insights, patterns, and trends. With TDM, researchers can efficiently navigate through extensive digital content like academic journals, books, newspapers, and databases, discovering valuable information and supporting evidence-based research.

NYU Law Library provides support for text and data mining project. Reach out to us before you get started so we can best assist you. 

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