The library provides computers for public use on the 2nd floor and 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.
The second floor also includes three iMac computers, as well as a number of laptop workstations where you can connect your own laptop to our equipment with a USB-C cable. Each of these workstations provides power, two monitors, a keyboard, and mouse.
Selected software list
Our public computers provide software for a variety of needs. Software installed on library includes:
- Adaptive software
- Jaws, NVDA, Wolfram Player, and Zoomtext
- For more information on adaptive software please see Library Accessiblity Services
- Data analysis and visualization software
- Gephi, Maple, Matlab, NVIVO, OpenRefine, PyCharm, QGIS, RStudio, SAS, SPSS, and STATA
- GIS software
- ArcGIS and ArcView
- Microsoft Office
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- PDF software
- Adobe Reader
- Diagramming and modelling
- Visual Paradigm
- Media creation
- Audacity, GIMP, Shotcut, and winLAME
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
- 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
- Ask Chat is a collaborative service
- Ask Us Online Chat hours
- Contact Us