Computer Facilities at Barnett-Briggs Medical Library

Barnett-Briggs Medical Library
Computer Facilities

The Barnett-Briggs Medical Library, along with UCSF and SFGHMC provide computer facilities for UCSF/SFGHMC faculty, staff and student use. Please read the Library's Computer Use Policy.

Workstations

The Library has 15 Pentium-based PC workstations running Windows XP and 2 Macintosh workstations running OS 10.3. All workstations have access to UC/UCSF-licensed resources, including biomedical databases, textbooks and full-text journal articles. Printing from these workstations requires payment (cash or departmental code).

The Library's Scanner PC workstation provides access to a color scanner (4800 dpi resolution) and a zip drive (100 MB and 250 MB diskettes) for copying large files. The Library's Clinical Workstation provides access to UpToDate. In addition, 2 PC workstations provide quick search capabilities and are conveniently located on both floors of the library.

Software

All workstations:

EndNote 7
Microsoft Office 2003 Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Internet Explorer

Clinical Workstation:

UpToDate

Scanner Workstation:

Adobe Acrobat (PDF creator)
Adobe PageMaker (OCR)
Adobe Photoshop
SPSS 12 (statistical software)

You must bring your own 3-1/2" inch diskettes or USB drives to save data. The scanner workstation also has a zip drive.

Double-click on the desktop icon to open the software program.

Under no circumstances should you attempt to:

Enter a startup password. Passwords are kept confidential for security purposes and are changed periodically. If you think an unauthorized person has a password, please let us know.
Restart or shut down a computer
Change computer settings
Install software

If the screen is showing a login prompt or if the printer needs paper or an ink cartridge, please ask Library staff for help.

Please read the Library's Computer Use Policy for more information.

Internet Access

The Library uses the Internet Explorer® web browser. Double-click on the desktop icon to access the Internet. Since the Library's computer facilities resides within the UCSF network, library patrons can access UCSF-licensed biomedical and general reference databases.