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Suchit Chávez, an investigative journalist from Salvador, recommended some of her most-used Google tools in a Hangout as part of the Investigative Reporting Initiative in the Americas.

You can find a round-up of her suggestions in this IJNet article, as well as tips for making the most of these resources.

Among the tools highlighted by Chávez is Google Public Data Explorer, a database search engine into which you can also upload and visualise your own data sets.

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