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The UCR Libraries have over 400 public computers among the four campus libraries. We provide high demand software to support and enhance student learning, and data necessary to support an information commons environment. For more assistance using Microsoft Office, please see our MS Office Help page.
All the Libraries' public computers are equipped with the software listed in the basic section. In addition, specialized software has been installed on the Learning Commons Computers located in Rivera Library 1st Floor, Rivera Basement, Rivera 2nd Floor, Rivera 3rd Floor, and Science Library 1st Floor. Public computers at UCR Libraries do not require logins.
Basic Software Available on all UCR Libraries Public Computers
| Software Package Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat X Professional | Program to view, edit, and create PDFs |
| ChemDraw | Plugin to draw chemical diagrams |
| CJK/Input Languages | Input languages |
| Firefox | Web browser |
| Flash Player | For viewing flash files and web pages |
| Google Chrome | Web browser |
| Insight | Image database browser |
| InterneTIFF | Plugin for viewing tiff files (specific for US Patents website) |
| Internet Explorer (8 or 9) | Internet Web Browser |
| ISIS/Draw | Plugin to draw chemical diagrams |
| 7-Zip | Program to compress and decompress files |
| Java 6 | Java Runtime Environment |
| MathXL | Plugins for MathXL website |
| Microsoft Access | Database program |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Powerpoint | Presentation design program |
| Microsoft Publisher | Publication design program |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing program |
| Quicktime | For viewing quicktime encoded files |
| Real Alternative | For viewing real encoded files |
| Shockwave Player | For viewing shockwave files and web pages |
| Unicode Fonts | Font package to display non standard characters |
| Windows Media Player | Media player |
| Windows 7 or Windows XP | Operating system |
Specialized Software on Learning Commons Computers
| Software Package Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 | Web page design program |
| Adobe Flash CS3 | Flash document design program |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 | Photo editting program |
| Adobe Illustrator CS3 | Vector Graphics Drawing program |
| Adobe Fireworks CS3 | Vector image editor |
| Adobe Contribute CS3 | Web page maintanence program |
| Data Ferrett | Data scavenging program |
| ESRI ArcGIS | Geographic information system package |
| Google Earth | 3D geographic mapping |
| Ghost Script | Program to view, edit and create postscript files |
| GhostView | GUI for Ghost Script |
| Matlab | Package for mathematical manipulation |
| R | Open source statistics package |
| SAS (Note about SAS on Learning Commons) | Package for statistical manipulation |
| Solidworks Viewer | Program to display Solidworks files |
Last modified: 11/16/2012 10:00 AM by D. Morita