The library provides computers for public use on the lower level. The public computers are available for in-person use only. University of Guelph students, staff, and faculty can log into the public computers using their central login credentials. Visitors to the library can request a temporary login for the public computers by visiting the Ask Us Desk.
Selected software list
Our public computers provide software for a variety of needs. Software installed on library includes:
- Adaptive software
- Jaws, NVDA, Wolfram Player, Kurzweil 3000, Colour Contrast Analyzer, and Zoomtext
- For more information on adaptive software please see Library Accessiblity Services
- Data analysis and visualization software
- Gephi, Matlab, NVIVO, OpenRefine, PyCharm, QGIS, RStudio, SAS, SPSS, and STATA
- GIS software
- ArcGIS Pro and Google Earth Pro
- Microsoft Office
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access
- PDF software
- SumatraPDF
- Diagramming and modelling
- Visual Paradigm
- Media creation
- winLAME and InkScape
- EBook Reader
- Thorium
The University of Guelph is an Academic Partner of Visual Paradigm, and is granted the use of Visual Paradigm's online UML tool and BPMN editor for educational use.
Saving files
Do not save files to the Desktop or C: drive as they will be lost when the computer restarts. Use one of the following methods to save files while working on one of the library's public computers:
- Save files to a USB Flash Drive
- E-mail the files to yourself
- Save files to your OneDrive
Get assistance
- For help with using the library's public computers, contact us.
- Visit the CCS Software Catalogue to download free or discounted software through the University of Guelph
- Get free IT help from the CCS IT Help Centre