平特五不中

Computers, software & equipment

The 平特五不中 Libraries provide access to computer workstations, scanners, printers, copiers, and microform viewing, scanning and printing facilities. Please see below for details. A/V equipment may be borrowed from Marvin Duchow Music Library.

Computers

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Computing at 平特五不中

Learn more about policies and services related to computing at 平特五不中.

平特五不中 Libraries offers over 200 computer workstations throughout the library system for use by 平特五不中 students, faculty and staff, as well as guest users.

Guest access provides access to the Libraries' website, catalogues and electronic resources (journals, e-books, databases, etc.) for visitors to the Library from the wider community.

LIBRARY Computer workstations
Birks Reading Room 3 workstations
Humanities and Social Sciences Library

McLennan Library听Building [Floor plans]

  • M1 (main floor): 26 workstations
  • Data Lab (M2-37A): 14 workstations
  • : 5 workstations (Bloomberg, Eikon, Morningstar)

Redpath Library Building

  • Cyberth猫que (RS): 14 workstations
  • RM (main floor): 15 workstations [Floor plan]
[Workstation details]
Islamic Studies Library 2 workstations, plus 1 guest account computer [Floor plan] [Workstation details]
Macdonald Campus Library 52 workstations [Floor plan] [Workstation details]
Marvin Duchow Music Library
  • 50听workstations, including 12 with piano keyboards
  • 14 laptops with specialized music software (only available to students taking Music courses)
  • 2 guest account stations. 3rd floor: directly beside A319. 4th floor: directly beside the washrooms
[Floor plans] [Workstation details]
Nahum Gelber Law Library 10 workstations [Floor plans] [Workstation details]
Rare Books and Special Collections 2 workstations [McLennan Library听Building, 4th floor: [Floor plan]
Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering Library
  • 4 workstations, on Level 4, in room 410
  • 4 guest account stations, on Level 2. Three (3) near the entrance and one (1) in room 215
  • 4听Xeon computers, on Level 4, room 403.

Laptops

Humanities and Social Sciences Library

平特五不中 students can borrow one of 12 HP laptops at the Laptop Kiosk, located at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.

Software installed: Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe Digital Editions, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Skype (the consumer version), and Zoom. Microsoft Office is not installed. Users need to log into 平特五不中鈥檚 Office 365 service to use Office apps. Charging cables are not included.

Laptops must be returned directly back into the kiosk. Be sure to plug in the power cable, so that the laptop will recharge for the next user. The kiosk will not loan a laptop until its battery is 90% charged or more.

Loan-period: one day, laptops are due the next day at midnight. The overdue fines accrue at a rate of $0.02 per minute. Laptops overdue longer than one day will be considered 鈥渓ost,鈥 and the borrower will be charged a replacement fee of $350 plus a processing fee of $50. Broken equipment will also be subject to the same replacement and processing fees.

Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering

平特五不中 students can borrow one of 12 Dell laptops at the Laptop Lending Machine on the 2nd floor of the Schulich Library.

Software installed: Windows 10; Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and Digital Editions; Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Edge; Microsoft Access, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word; EndNote. Charging cables are not included.

Laptops must be returned directly back into the kiosk. Be sure to plug in the power cable, so that the laptop will recharge for the next user. The kiosk will not loan a laptop until its battery is 90% charged or more.

Loan-period: one day, laptops are due the next day at midnight. The overdue fines accrue at a rate of $0.02 per minute. Laptops overdue longer than one day will be considered 鈥渓ost,鈥 and the borrower will be charged replacement and processing fees. Broken equipment will also be subject to the same replacement and processing fees.

Software

Workstation information

Find location information for specialized software and computer equipment in the Library.

Citation management software

听is听available to the 平特五不中 community free of charge. See our page for details.

Licensed software

that 平特五不中 students and staff may download, such as SAS and ChemOffice Ultra.

Mobile apps

See our which provide access to content and collections that the 平特五不中 library subscribes to, and that facilitate use of these materials using mobile technologies.

Software available everywhere | Adapted workstations | Other specialized software

Available on all Library computer workstations

All workstations are now running Windows 10 OS

  • 7-Zip 16.04听
  • Adobe Digital Editions
  • Adobe Reader听DC听17.009
  • Adobe Shockwave听Player 12.2
  • ArcGIS Pro 3.0.3
  • 础耻诲补肠颈迟测听2.2
  • Beyond 2020听Professional Browser 7.0 SP4
  • 颁丑别尘翱蹿蹿颈肠别听15.1
  • 贰苍诲狈辞迟别听齿8
  • 贵贵惭辫别驳听2.2.2
  • 贵颈谤别蹿辞虫听49.0.2听
  • Google Chrome听58.0
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • LAME for Windows 3.99.3听
  • MATLAB R2017
  • Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016
  • 笔辞辫蝉罢辞辞濒蝉听3.2.5
  • Python 3.2
  • RStudio for Windows 3.5
  • SAS 9.4
  • SPSS (except Mac OS X workstations)听24.0
  • Trend Micro OfficeScan听11.0.
  • Wolfram Mathematica 11.3
  • VLC media player 3.0
  • Zotero 5.0
View software available through guest access.

Specialized software

Find more specific location information for specialized software and computer equipment in the Library.

Software/application Available at (number of copies):
ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub(main floor:听034-108-DHUB-01 through 06) |听Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering听(Level 4, room 410: computer numbers 034-170-FLR4-05 through 08)
Adobe Creative Cloud All Apps HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub听(main floor:听034-108-DHUB-05 through 06) |听Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering听(Level 4, room 403: computer numbers 034-170-FLR4-07 through 08)
Audio editing software Marvin Duchow Music
Bloomberg
Can 8 Group Study Area, Redpath Main Floor (24)
Datastream
Financial database covering major financial instruments, company fundamentals, equity and fixed income securities and macroeconomic data.
Google Earth

HSSL: Data Lab (2nd floor, room M2-37A: computer numbers 034-108-237A-07 through 12)

Microsoft Office for Mac Marvin Duchow Music
MorningStar
Music notation software Marvin Duchow Music
NVivo 14

HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (main floor: computer numbers 034-108-DHUB-04) |听Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering (Level 4, room 403: computer numbers 034-170-FLR4-06)听|听Nahum Gelber Law Library听(2nd floor: computer numbers 034-231-FLR2-13)

SDC Platinum
A financial database covering: Global new issues, Worldwide mergers & acquisitions, Corporate governance, Corporate restructuring, Venture Xpert, Securities trading and Global public finance.
STATA version 18
Software used for cross-tabulations, correlations, t tests, equality-of-variance tests, tests of proportions, and confidence intervals.

workshop

(maximum 10听users at one time)
HSSL: Data Lab (2nd floor, room M2-37A: computer numbers 034-108-237A-07 through 12)听|听Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering听听(Level 4, room 410: computer numbers 034-170-FLR4-05 through 08)

Scanners, printers and copiers

There are a number of document reproduction options in the Library. The basic location info is found below. Get more information about scanning, printing and copying. See also:

Library B&W uPrint scan/print/copy Colour uPrint scan/print/copy Spirit scanner Flatbed scanner
Birks Reading Room Yes No No No
Education Curriculum Resources Centre Yes Yes No No
Humanities and Social Sciences Library Yes Yes

No

Yes

Blackader: BLDR002 &听BLDR002

Cybertheque: Cyber052 &听Cyber053

Data Lab M2-37A: EDRS002

Islamic Studies Library Yes Yes

Yes

2nd floor - with Expert Mode

No
Macdonald Campus Library Yes Yes

No

Yes

2nd floor: PCs听Macd-OSD001 &听Macd-OSD002

Marvin Duchow Music Library Yes Yes

Yes

3rd floor - with Expert Mode

Yes

5th floor: MusicLab001 (MSCR)

Nahum Gelber Law Library Yes Yes

No

No
Osler Library of the History of Medicine Library No No No No
Rare Books and Special Collections No No No No
Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering Library No Yes No No

Microform

Learn how to view and scan microfilms and microfiches .

Library Microform view Microform scan Microform print Details
Humanities and Social Sciences Library Fiche/film/microcard Fiche/film Fiche/film

Reader/Scanners

  • 2 microform reader/scanners are available on the 2nd floor in room M2-37F. Each is capable of producing PDFs or image files.
  • All scanners are linked to the Library鈥檚 network, so printouts can be retrieved at uPrint machines.
  • Standard Library guest accounts do not work at the scanner workstations. Walk-in users must log in using a separate guest account and password, which is displayed at each machine.

Readers (no scanning or printing)

  • Room M2-37F contains one microfilm reader with an oversized display.
  • One microcard reader and one microfiche reader are available outside of room M2-17A.
Macdonald Campus Library Fiche/film Fiche/film Fiche/film The microform reader is linked to the Library鈥檚 network, so printouts can be retrieved at uPrint machines.
Marvin Duchow Music Library Fiche/film Fiche/film Fiche/film
  • 1 digital microform reader/printer/scanner, located across from the 3rd-floor entrance, is available for microform (i.e. microfilm and microfiche) viewing, printing, and digitizing.
  • Ask for music microforms at the 3rd-floor Service Desk.
Osler Library of the History of Medicine Library Fiche Fiche Fiche --

Equipment

Type of equipment at
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LIBRARY
Details

Sony Stereo Headphones

(purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee)

2 day loan

Sony Noise Canceling Headphones

(purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee)

2 day loan

Apple VGA adapters

2 day loan

Apple MacBook chargers

(including 45W, 60W, and 85W MagSafe 2 Power Adapters)

2 day loan

Verilux Happy Lights

(purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee)

2 week loan

Scientific Calculators

3 hour loan & 2 day loan

DSCVR Virtual Reality (Google Cardboard) headset for smartphones

(purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee)

2 day loan

Type of equipment at
SCHULICH LIBRARY OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, AND ENGINEERING
Details
USB-C to VGA Presentation Adapter

1 day loan

VGA to HDMI Converter with USB Power

2 day loan

Apple power adapters (30W-140W)

2 day loan

Apple USB-C charge cables

2 day loan

Apple MagSafe 3 charge cables

2 day loan

Dell 90W USB-C charger

2 day loan

Sony Headphones (MDR-ZX110)

2 day loan

Sony Noise Canceling Headphones (MDR-ZX110NC)

2 day loan

Laptop Stand

2 day loan

Calculators (Casio fx-300MS Plus)

2 day loan

6-LED Super Sensitive Sound to Light Converter

2 week听loan

Arduino Sparkfun Inventor's Kit and its 14 circuits

2 week听loan

CanaKit Raspberry Pi

2 week听loan

4 Wheel drive (4WD) Arduino robot platform

2 week听loan

Cellphone and laptop charging machines 2nd floor (x1); 3rd floor (x1); 5th floor (x2)

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