Browser Extensions

Browser based extension are an easy way for you to add functionality to your internet browser.

There are different kind of extension that can be used to get tabular data on websites depending on the browser.

Google Chrome - Scraper

For chrome, you can use Scraper extension for Google Chrome to get data from simple tables

Link : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/scraper/mbigbapnjcgaffohmbkdlecaccepngjd?hl=en

Examples you can use is the tables in wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_entities_where_English_is_an_official_language

another example is the Formula 1 results table : http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-australia-results/practice-1.html

Firefox - Table Tools 2

For more complex tables, you can use TableTools2 extension for Firefox

Link : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabletools2/

Examples is the QS university world rankings : http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2014#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=

You can also use the TableTools2 extension to compare / join tables