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Computing at the Bailey/Howe Library

Locations of Computers

Location Number Type

First Floor
By Elevator 8 Public E-mail
Reference Area 4 Public Access
Reserve Desk
  (Course Reserves Only)		 3 Public Access
Reference Area 36 UVM Affiliate
Gallery 8 UVM Affiliate
Cyber Café 23 UVM Affiliate

Second Floor
By Elevator 2 Public Access
Current Issues 2 Public Access
Periodicals 3 Public Access
Microforms 1 Public Access
West Side of North Wall 12 UVM Affiliate

Third Floor
By Elevator 2 Public Access
Stacks 1 Public Access

Ground Floor
Special Collections 2 Public Access
Media Resources 4 Public Access
Map Room
  (Map Related Only)		 2 Public Access
Gov. Documents 2 Public Access
Gov. Documents 3 UVM Affiliate

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Locations of Network Access for Laptop Computers

Requirements for Network Access

  • Laptop with a network card
  • Network cable

Location		 No. of Connections
1st Floor: Cyber Café 18
2nd Floor: North Wall at end of DG-DH Call Number Range 12

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Wireless Networking

UVM's wireless network (known as Cat's PAWS) is available in almost all of the Bailey/Howe Library.

Requirements for Wireless Networking

  • UVM NetID account
  • 802.11b wireless card
  • VPN client software

VPN Clients for Windows, Mac OS 8 and 9, and Mac OS X can be downloaded from UVM's software distribution page at http://www.uvm.edu/software or borrowed from the Reserves Desk at the Bailey/Howe Library.

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Programs Available on Public E-mail Stations

Public Email Stations are intended for checking email, such as UVM Webmail, as well as quick internet searches. Because of the high demand to use these computers, users are asked to limit themselves to 15 minutes.

Public Email Stations include all of the following programs on a workstation powered by the Debian Linux operating system.

  • Mozilla Firefox browser
  • GAIM Messenger
  • SSH Secure FTP and Telnet
  • Adobe Reader
  • Real Player
  • OpenOffice Suite (opens Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and includes an HTML Editor)

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Programs Available on Public Access Workstations

Public Access Workstations are intended for searching the UVM Libraries Catalog and quick internet searches. During busy times you may be asked to limit use to 15 minutes.

  • Windows 2000 Professional
  • Internet Explorer 6
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 7
  • Secure FTP and Telnet
  • X-Win
  • Access Report Snapshot Viewer
  • Excel Viewer
  • PowerPoint Viewer
  • Word Viewer
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Programs Available to UVM Affiliated Users

Computers for UVM Affiliated Users include all of the following programs in addition to those available on Public Access Workstations.

  • Mozilla Suite (including Web Page Composer)
  • Microsoft Office 2000 Professional (includes Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Access)
  • Microsoft Office Converter Pack
  • Excel 2000 Quatro Pro 7.0 Converter
  • Works 2000 Converter
  • Works 6.0 Converter
  • EndNote
  • Nvu HTML Editor
  • SPSS
  • Minitab
  • Mathematica

A few of the workstations closest to the Reference Desk also have MacDrive.

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