For academic users of VantagePoint software with login credentials, VP Institute provides a platform for collaborative development of academic-oriented auxiliary text-mining resources (e.g. VP import filters, scripts, thesauri).  In the spirit of advancing the public research knowledge base, VP Institute member contributors post and share material in good faith. VP Institute can make no claims as to the efficacy or integrity of posted auxiliary tools, nor provide technical support for their use with VantagePoint.

Below are links to training and tool resources:

• VP “How-To” – Listing of documents, videos, and other “how-to” resources for basic and advanced  functioning of VantagePoint software.
• VP Import Filters – Listing of  import filters written for popular databases.
• VP Macros – Listing of scripts—written in Visual Basic (Scripting Edition) from Microsoft Corporation—to automate repetitive functions.
• VP Thesauri – Lists of words in groups of synonyms and related concepts for VP list cleanup.