Technologies for teaching, learning and research
Applications used to produce documents, spreadsheets, diagrams, bibliographies, or to accomplish clerical work and applications that are either a component of the operating system or helps to extend the operating system in some way including applications to visualize operating system environments. As well, applications focus on the direct transfer of files between two computers.
Availability: Labs | Faculty/Staff | Download Comparable: EndNote is a reference management software package used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It’s produced by Thomsons Reuters and has a thirty day free trial, student pricing, and volume licensing available. EndNote groups citations into “libraries” with the file extension *.enl and a corresponding … Read more
Availability: Windows Labs | Faculty/Staff | Download Part of: Microsoft Office Suite Comparable: OpenOffice, Google Sheets Microsoft Excel is the spreadsheet application in the Microsoft Office Suite. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms. Excel also facilitates … Read more
Availability: Download Comparable: Access, Oracle FileMaker Pro is a cross-platform relational database application from FileMaker Inc, a subsidiary of Apple Inc. It integrates a database engine with a GUI-based interface, allowing users to modify the database by dragging new elements into layouts, screens, or forms. Current versions are: FileMaker Pro 13, FileMaker Pro Advanced 13, FileMaker Server … Read more