Software Available at VCU

The software packages listed below are currently available to the VCU community.
Note: VCU Technology Services will coordinate licensing of software utilized by multiple departments.

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Browser/E-mail Graphics Qualitative Analysis
Blackboard Lab Software Program Language/Libraries
Connections Mathmetical/Scientific Statistical Applications
Databases Microsoft Text Mining
Data Conversion PC Unix References
Data Mining 3rd Party Plugins Virus
Editors Web Survey

Download printer drivers for the nearest Pay for Print station and print your documents wirelessly.

Category    Software    Description    Cost    Getting started
Browser/ E-mail    Mozilla Firefox    Internet Browser     No Charge    Download for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Documentation
Mozilla Thunderbird    E-mail     No Charge    Download for Windows, Mac, and Linux

Setup Documentation
Mozilla    Internet Browser and E-mail    No Charge    Download for MAC and Windows

Documentation
Internet Explorer    Internet Browser    No Charge    Download

Blackboard    Respondus    Available only to faculty and staff
Software to develop assessments tools for Blackboard     No Charge    Download for Windows.

Documentation
Studymate    Available only to faculty and staff
Software to develop assessments tools for Blackboard     No Charge    Download for Windows.

Documentation
Connections    VPN Wireless Client    Authenticated and encrypted wireless access to VCU and through VCU to the Internet    No Charge for Windows Client.     Download for Windows.

Documentation
Filezilla    To move files between a PC and UNIX     No Charge    Download for Windows

Documentation
Fetch    To move files between a MAC and UNIX    No Charge, site license    Download for MacOS X

Documentation
SSH Secure Shell/SFTP    Encrypted link betw. client and server computers     No Charge, site license    Download for Windows

Documentation
X-Win32    Desktop to Unix connections    No Charge, site license    Download for Windows

Documentation
Databases    SQL Server     Relational Database for mid-size database needs    No Charge    Create a Technology Services Helpdesk ticket to request you be contacted to discuss purpose, scope and requirements
DB2    Relational Database for legacy DB2 databases     No Charge     Create a Technology Services Helpdesk ticket to request you be contacted.
Oracle    Relational Database    No Charge    Create a Technology Services Helpdesk ticket to request you be contacted to discuss purpose, scope and requirements
Data Conversion    DBMS/Copy    Converts data between software formats.    No Charge,
site license

Download or

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

Data Mining QDA Miner
Data Mining Software No charge

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

SAS Enterprise Miner    Data Mining Software    License and download are free    Enterprise Miner on Windows runs within:
SAS on Windows
Documentation
Geographical    ArcGIS, ArcPAD, ArcIMS    Geographical Information System (GIS)    No Charge    More about GIS at VCU
Microsoft    Operating systems, Server Applications and Desktop Applications including Microsoft Office

Microsoft Operating Systems and Applications

Discounted price varies by product     University computers: Purchase Microsoft licenses and media using Microsoft Academic Select Master Agreement

Students, Faculty and Staff: Barnes & Noble @VCU Bookstore
Mathmatical & Scientific    ChemBioDraw
Ultra    Chemical structures    No Charge    Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
GCG    The Wisconsin Package for comprehensive sequence analysis & SeqWeb which provides access to applications in the Wisconsin Package from a web browser     No Charge

Restricted access (available through Technology Services request for special accounts on Watson).

Logon then enter genhelp for list of commands.

Use of SeqWeb requires X-windows.

CSD Cambridge Structural DB System contains crystal structure information for over 272,000 organic and metal organic compounds. No Charge

Get an account on Watson

Documentation

IDL Data visualization and analysis No Charge

Download for Windows or

Get account on App2Go server or

Request media for Mac, Linux or Solaris
Documentation

Mathematica    Computations for Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris     No Charge    Download for Windows, Mac and Linux
Request media for Solaris Documentation
MathType    Equation Editor     No Charge

Download for MAC and Windows or

Get account on App2Go server
Documentation

MathCad    Desktop productivity tool for scientists and engineers     No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
MATLAB    Numerical computing and programming language     No Charge

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

Scientific Workplace Mathematical word processing and LaTex typesetting No Charge

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

PC    WipeDrive    WipeDrive will securely overwrite and remove ALL data from your PC. Intended use for this product is to clear out the machine for re-distribution or retirement. Using WipeDrive meets the Commonwealth of Virginia's requirements for the correct destruction of electronic data as directed by COV ITRM Standard SEC2003-02.1, "Removal of Commonwealth Data from Surplus Computer Hard Drives and Electronic Media Standard."    No Charge    Download
Limit of 5000 licenses for VCU affiliates only
Program Language & Libraries    ABAQUS    Element analysis tool    No Charge    Restricted access (available through BioMedEngineering and Neurosurgery). Contact the TS Helpdesk to request authorization of account (on Bach).
Documentation from ABAQUS.
C, C++     Compiler    No Charge    Get an account on Hubert, Medusa, Watson
Documentation
GAMESS    For ab initio quantum chemistry.    No Charge

Get an account on Bach or Linn

Documentation

Fortran 77     Compiler    No Charge    Get an account on Hubert, Bach, Linn, or Watson
Documentation
Fortran 90    Compiler    No Charge    Get an account on Hubert, Bach, Linn, or Watson
Documentation
Gaussian 03     For molecular modeling    No Charge    Get an account on Bach or Linn
Documentation
IMSL Fortran Library    Mathmetical library numerical analysis    No Charge    Get an account on Hubert
Documentation
Perl    Programming language    No Charge    Get an account on Hubert, Medusa, Watson
Documentation
Portland Group Compilers    Compilers and tools for parallel computing     No Charge

Get an account on Medusa

FAQs and Documentation

Qualitative
Analysis    Atlas.ti     Qualitative
Analysis    No Charge    Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
MaxQDAplus    Qualitative
Analysis    No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
NVivo    Qualitative
Analysis     No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
QDAMiner and WordStat     Qualitative
Analysis    No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
Statistical Applications     AMOS    Structural Equations    No Charge    Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
JMP    Statistical Analysis Software    No Charge

Download for Windows or MAC

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

Latent Gold     Latent class and finite mixture     No Charge    Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
Lisrel    Structural equation modeling    No Charge

Get an account on Hubert
To launch, type lisrel85
Documentation

Mplus Statistical modeling No Charge

Get account on App2Go server
Documentation

MX    Structural Equations    No Charge    Download for Windows or Unix
Documentation
nQuery    Power Analysis and Sample Size

Windows:

No Charge, site license

No charge on App2Go server

Download for Windows or

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

OriginPro     Data analysis and graphing for
scientists and
engineers     No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
Prelis    Prelis works with Lisrel    No Charge

Get an account on Hubert
To launch, type prelis
Documentation

Prism    Scientific Graphing     No Charge     Get account on App2Go server
Documentation
R    Statistical
Analysis
Software    No Charge
(Open source)

Download for Windows, Linux or MacOS X

Documentation
SAS Statistical Analysis Software

Windows:

No charge for license

App2Go server:

No charge

Hubert server (Unix):

No charge

SAS 9.2 for Windows:

Bring 1 blank DVD to the Technology Services Help Desk during walk-in hours to obtain in exchange the pre-copied SAS 9.2 DVD.

SAS 9.1.3 for Windows:
Download SAS 9.1.3 free OR

Bring two blank CD-R disks (minimum speed 16X) to the Technology Services Help Desk during walk-in hours to obtain in exchange the pre-copied two CD SAS 9.1.3 installation set.

Get account on App2Go server

Get an account on Hubert

SAS on Unix
Documentation

SigmaPlot Charting Tool No Charge for use on VCU Network or App2Go Server

Obtain client for use on VCU Network or

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

SigmaStat Statistical Analysis Tool No Charge for use on VCU Network or App2Go Server

Obtain client for use on VCU Network or

Get account on App2Go server

Documentation

SPSS Statistical Analysis software

Windows:

No charge for License

MAC:

No charge for faculty/staff licenses.

Hubert server

(Unix):

No charge

App2Go server:

No charge

SPSS on Windows:

Download free OR

Bring a blank CD-R disk (minimum speed 16X) to the Technology Services Help Desk during walk-in hours to obtain in exchange a pre-copied SPSS installation CD.

SPSS on MAC:

Faculty/staff should e-mail request to: softwarelic@vcu.edu

Students may get free account on App2Go server.

For SPSS on Unix:

Get an account on Hubert then link to Hubert using SPSS for Windows as client.

Get account on App2Go server

(Amos, Categories, Complex Samples, Data Entry Builder and Exact Tests are ONLY licensed on the App2Go Server)

Documentation

S-Plus Statistical Analysis software

No charge on Unix or App2Go servers

Windows: Students:Free

Fac/Staff: $40yr/pc