Computers in the Brock Memorial Library

A variety of freely available and population-specific computers are available in the Brock Memorial Library. The following descriptions will aid you in determining which type of computer will best meet your needs when visiting the Library. Printing is available from most computers.

Public Computer Stations

There are two types of public computer stations freely available for use:

• Six Internet accessible stations include: Internet access, Internet-delivered email, Library-provided Internet-delivered databases, Library-provided online journal subscriptions and e-books, and OSU Library Catalog. You may save information from these computers onto USB drive, CD, or DVD. You are responsible for supplying your own storage media. These computers are located on the First Floor near the Circulation Desk and share one networked laser printer. These computers are loaded with Microsoft Word 2003 & 2007, Microsoft Powerpoint 2003 & 2007, Microsoft Excel 2003 & 2007, and a variety of assistive technology software. You must login with your O-Key account to use these terminals. If you do not have an O-Key account ask at the Reference Desk and the staff will login to a terminal for you to use. Current OSU Students, Staff, and Faculty have priority to use these terminals. They also provide login access to the OSU H: drive.
• Two OSU Library Catalog only stations. These are found on the First Floor - one in the East Stacks and one in the West Stacks. No printing is available. These terminals require no login.
• Veterinary Medicine Computer Reference: One computer, located near the six Internet access terminals on the First Floor, is designated Veterinary Medicine Computer Reference. Resources available at this terminal includes electronic versions of journals, proceedings, books, and databases that the licensing limits to a single user. All resources available at this terminal are cataloged, included in the OSU Library Catalog, and list Veterinary Medicine Computer Reference as the location. Printing from this terminal is available at the networked laser printer with the Public Computer Stations. This terminal requires no login.

Center for Veterinary Health Sciences Computer Lab

There are five computer stations available for use exclusively by current OSU Center for Veterinary Health Sciences Students -- use of these workstations by others is prohibited. These stations are located on the Mezzanine of the Brock Memorial Library. These stations provide access to the Internet, programs such as Microsoft Office®, hard-drive, floppy drive, CD-Drive, USB Drive and Center for Veterinary Health Sciences I: drive.

Assistive Technology Computer Station

One Adaptive Technology Station is available on First Floor for those requiring the assistance of a screen reader or other adaptive technologies. The Brock Memorial Library does not provide training or support for this computer station - please contact the Technology Resources Department at the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.

Wireless Access

WiFi wireless Internet access is available for current OSU Faculty, Staff, and Students from a variety of locations at OSU including the Brock Memorial Library. A map of wireless areas on the OSU Stillwater Campus is available from the IT website.

You must supply your own personal wireless device (e.g. laptops, tablet pcs, handheld palm os and microsoft pocket pc os devices) and an 802.11b or higher wireless card or built-in wireless. The OSU IT Department instructions state that you should set your wireless device SSID to OSUWIRELESS and leave other options as default. You will be prompted to login with your O-Key information when you open your web browser. Alternately, if you have registered your laptop with the university you may set your SSID to OSUREGISTERED. You do not need to login to each session when using OSUREGISTERED.

Library Laptop

A library owned wireless laptop and peripheral components is available for 5-hour loan to current OSU Faculty, Staff, and Students.

No Wired Access Available

Plugging a personal device (e.g. laptop) into the computer network in the Brock Memorial Library is prohibited by the Technology Resources Department of the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences.