Software

Users are advised to observe the general Terms of Use and End-User Responsibilities in addition to the licence terms applicable to a particular item of software.

The software described below includes items for which licences have been acquired by the University and which are available on ISS managed computers and/or available for departmental or personal use. (The list does not describe the many other items of software for which no licence has been acquired by the University but which can be purchased via ISS Sales.)

Acrobat Writer

Adobe Acrobat Writer allows the user to create documents in Adobe PDF format. It is supplied under the Adobe Contractual Licence Program.

Animation Shop

Animation Shop is a raster animation package which is included with versions of Corel PaintShop Photo Pro prior to version X. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

ArcGIS ArcEditor/ArcView (Single Use)

ArcGIS ArcEditor/ArcView (Single Use) is ArcGIS Desktop (see below) running in its intermediate/basic mode. The agreement for this product is as described under ArcGIS Desktop.

ArcGIS Desktop

ArcGIS Desktop comprises a collection of integrated applications including ArcMap, ArcCatalog, and ArcToolbox. Using these applications it is possible to perform mapping, data management, geographic analysis, data editing, and geoprocessing. It is possible to run ArcGIS Desktop in one of three modes: as ArcView, as ArcEditor, or as ArcInfo Desktop. ArcView has the least functionality and ArcInfo Desktop the most.

ArcGIS Desktop is developed by ESRI and is site-licensed under the Chest/ESRI Agreement. This is a 3-year agreement which runs until 31st July 2014. This agreement covers both campus and home use for staff and students. The software is also subject to Chest User Obligations. The most current version of ArcGIS Desktop is provided with and licensed for the following extensions:   ArcGIS 3D Analyst; ArcGIS Data Interoperability; ArcGIS Data Reviewer; ArcGIS Geostatistical Analyst; ArcGIS Network Analyst; ArcGIS Publisher; ArcGIS Schematics; ArcGIS Spatial Analyst; ArcGIS Tracking Analyst; ArcGIS Workflow Manager; ArcScan for ArcGIS; CrimeAnalyst; Maplex for ArcGIS; and ProductivitySuite.  Note that the CrimeAnalyst and ProductivitySuite extensions are developed by ESRI (UK).

ArcInfo Workstation

ArcInfo Workstation, in addition to ArcInfo Desktop (see under ArcGIS Desktop), gives a complete installation of ArcInfo. The Workstation component provides geoprocessing via the traditional user interface (i.e. Arc, Arcedit, Arcplot, Arc Macro Language, etc.). The agreement for this product is as described under ArcGIS Desktop.

AutoCAD

AutoCAD is a state-of-the art package for computer-aided drafting and design provided by Autodesk. The software is provided under the Autodesk Campus Agreement (ACLA) which provides educational establishments with access to the latest versions of a wide range of Autodesk software with considerable flexibility in the deployment of licences. The ACLA is a three-year agreement under which a University pays an annual fee which is related to the total number of licences required for that year. Licences obtained in this way are re-assigned as required, typically on a yearly basis, to specified Autodesk products (not just AutoCAD). All ACLA-licensed products are placed under the Autodesk Subscription Programme which provides upgrades and access to some Autodesk training materials. Currently, the University has acquired 200 licences under this scheme, some are funded by ISS and others by Departments.

ACLA licences must not be used for profit but usage is not limited to teaching activities. Thus ACLA licences could, for example, be used for research purposes, by departments for facilities management or by Estates Services for maintenance and development.

On the ISS Cluster Desktop, AutoCAD is only available in the Houldsworth cluster. The software is licence brokered and maximum concurrent usage is restricted to 80.

Bristol Online Surveys

ISS subscribe to an external service, Bristol Online Surveys, based at the University of Bristol, which allows members of staff and students to design and conduct web-based surveys. There is no charge to end-users for this service and no limit is placed upon the number of surveys that can be created. The management of the use of this service is now handled by ISS. To apply for a username and password to use the service, and for further advice, please contact Deborah Allon in ISS. Documentation on how to use the service is available on the ISS website.

C/C++

A variety of C/C++ compilers are available. On the Windows platform, C/C+ is provided within Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio.NET under the Microsoft Campus Agreement. On the Sun Solaris platform C/C++ is provided as part of the Sun Studio Licence. For users of the White Rose Grid, a limited number of concurrent licences of the Intel Linux version of C/C++ are available.

ChemDraw

ChemDraw is a program for drawing chemical structures supplied by CambridgeSoft. The software has been provided for use by anyone in the University by the Department of Chemistry. The software is provided under a site licence renewed on an annual basis. The licence permits the software to be used at home. Users are required to register and download the software for personal use. ISS do not act as a supplier for ChemDraw. All questions about ChemDraw should be referred to David Waller in the Department of Chemistry.

ClustanGraphics

ClustanGraphics is a program for cluster analysis. The software is provided under a site licence renewed on an annual basis. Home use is permitted.

Corel Painter

Corel Painter is a natural-media painting and illustration package developed by Corel. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence  agreement.

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro is an image processing and painting package developed by Corel. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

Corel Photo Album

Corel Photo Album is a package to share and manage photographs which is included with Corel Paint Shop Pro X. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

Corel R.A.V.E.

Corel R.A.V.E. is a vector animation package which is part of versions of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite prior to X3. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

Corel WordPerfect Office

Corel WordPerfect Office currently comprises: WordPerfect (a word processing package); Quattro Pro (a spreadsheet package); Presentations (a multimedia slide show package); Nuance PaperPort (a document scanning, imaging and management package); Mozilla Thunderbird for WordPerfect Office (an email management package); Corel WordPerfect Lightning (a digital notebook package); and a range of office software and resources. The software is developed by Corel and is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW is a drawing package which is part of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite currently comprises: CorelDRAW (a drawing package); Corel PowerTRACE (a bitmap-to-vector tracing utility within CorelDRAW); Corel PHOTO-PAINT (an image creation and editing package); Corel CAPTURE (a screen capture package); and Corel CONNECT (a digital content browser). The software is developed by Corel and is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

CorelTRACE

CorelTRACE is a bitmap-to-vector tracing package which is part of versions of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite prior to X3.  The software is licensed under the Corel Academic Site Licence agreement.

Designer

Designer is a drawing package which was originally developed by Micrografx but is now owned by Corel. The software was licensed under the old Chest/Designer Agreement which allowed us to keep the copies we had installed in perpetuity.

Desktop Fonts

Standard fonts bundled with Microsoft Windows XP plus multilingual and other specialist fonts. All of these fonts are free for academic use within the University. To use the non-Microsoft fonts elsewhere, or for other purposes, users should contact Alec McAllister in ISS (t.a.mcallister@leeds.ac.uk).

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a web-authoring package. A fixed number of licences are provided on the ISS cluster desktop. Copies for use on departmental machines owned by the University may be acquired under the Adobe Contractual Licence Program. Purchase of software under this scheme should be made through ISS Sales. Copies for use on personally-owned computers must be purchased through an official Adobe software re-seller. For advice on approved re-sellers, users should consult ISS Sales.

EndNote

EndNote is a program for the management of bibliographic databases. The software is supplied under the CHEST/Thomson Scientific licence agreement. This is a Campus Licence and runs from 17th Oct 2010 to 16th October 2013. The agreement allows members of the University (staff and students) to use the software on institutionally owned machines only. The licence offers a separate option which allows members of the University to purchase a private copy for personal use.

Fortran 77/90/95

A variety of Fortran compilers are available. On the Windows platform, Silverfrost Fortran is provided. On the Sun Solaris platform, Fortran is provided as part of the Sun Studio Licence. For users of the White Rose Grid, compilers available are: Intel Fortran 95, Fortran 77, Fortran 90 and High Performance Fortran (supplied as part of PGI Workstation Version) and a limited number of concurrent licences of the Intel Fortran 95 Linux compiler.

Glim

Glim is a program for Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling, developed by a working party of the Royal Statistical Society and distributed by Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Oxford, England. Up to 31st July 2006, this was provided on an annual rental basis as part of the CHEST/NAG agreement. However, NAG have now terminated their role as a distributor of Glim and have offered the product to the University under a perpetual site licence. Home use of the software is permitted. The software is subject to the Chest User Obligations. For further details of the software consult the section on Statistical Software on the NAG web site.

Inspirations

Inspirations is a mindmapping or "spider diagram" drawing programme that can turn visual arrangements of ideas into structured documents (and visa versa). Diagrams can be annotated with pictures and URLS to associated websites and saved as html files or images for future use.

InterpOSe for Digimap

InterpOSe for Digimap is a package for converting Ordnance Survey MasterMap data to DWG, DXF, MIF/MID, SHP and TAB. InterpOSe for Digimap is freely available for teaching and learning to Digimap users and is developed by Dotted Eyes. It is available at http://www.dottedeyes.com/spatial_data_loading/interpose/digimap.php.
 

IRIS Explorer

IRIS Explorer is a visualisation package with a user environment that allows users and application developers to build applications for visualising complex sets of data. It is developed by the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) and was licensed under an old Chest/NAG Agreement which allowed us to keep deploying and using the software in perpetuity. This covers both campus and home use for staff and students.

Island Office

Island Office comprises: IslandCalc (a spreadsheet package); IslandChart (a charting package); IslandDraw (a drawing package); IslandEquation (an equation editing package); IslandInTEXT (a document retrieval and management package); IslandPaint (an image creation and editing package); IslandPresents (a presentation package); IslandShow (an IslandPresents runtime program); IslandSound (a sound recording and editing package); IslandTable (a table editing package); IslandViewer (a document viewing package); and IslandWrite (a word processing package). The software is developed by Island Software and the University owns a 10-user concurrent Solaris licence.

Java

Java is available for Silicon Graphics, Sun Solaris, Windows and the White Rose Grid. With the exception of Borland JBuilder for the Windows platform, Java is freely downloadable for all platforms from java.sun.com/j2se. A number of development environments are also freely downloadable, for instance www.eclipse.org

Keyboard Mappings

A set of enhanced keyboard mappings to enable multilingual typing without the need for national keyboard mappings. All of these are free for academic use within the University. To use them elsewhere, or for other purposes, users should contact Alec McAllister in ISS (t.a.mcallister@leeds.ac.uk).

Keyboard Tsar

Keyboard Tsar is a typing tutor program developed specially for the University of Leeds under a Teaching Fellowship project led by Dr Sarah Hudspith. It teaches touch typing in both English and in Cyrillic. The program consists of a series of exercises that gradually build up familiarity and proficiency in touch typing in groups of letters according to the keyboard layout. Users are given feedback on speed, accuracy and most common errors at the end of each exercise, and are encouraged to reach a certain level of accuracy before proceeding to the next exercise.

Keyboard Tsar has a bright, modern interface which can highlight the required key and the necessary finger to use. Colours, font styles and sizes can be adapted to the user's preferences. The Cyrillic component is designed specially for non-native speakers of Russian. It includes a glossary of translations for the test words and can toggle between English and Cyrillic keyboard layouts in its on-screen display.

Keyboard Tsar is freeware, copyright University of Leeds. 

LabVIEW

LabView is a graphical programming environment for laboratory management. It is provided by National Instruments under an annual site-licence rental agreement. The licence is funded jointly by Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and SPEME. The software is also available for use by users from other departments subject to a fee. Details of charges are available from The IT Shop.

On the ISS Cluster Desktop, LabVIEW is only available in the following clusters: Houldsworth; Mechanical Engineering; and Textiles G34.

LL2DXF

LL2DXF is a package for converting Ordnance Survey Land-Line.Plus NTF data to DXF. It is freeware and is developed by Nigel James of Oxford University. It is available at www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/translat.htm.

Map Manager

Map Manager is a package for converting data in Ordnance Survey formats into ESRI formats. There are two versions of Map Manager, one is a stand-alone application which converts NTF files, the other is an extension for  ArcGIS Desktop's ArcCatalog and is predominantly for converting GML files. The functionality of this latter version is now included in the ProductivitySuite extension for ArcGIS Desktop.  Map Manager is developed by ESRI (UK) and the agreement for this product is as described under ArcGIS Desktop.

MapBasic

MapBasic is a BASIC-like programming language which is used to create custom applications for use with MapInfo Professional or special MapInfo runtimes.  MapBasic is developed by Pitney Bowes Business Insight and the licence agreement for versions of this product prior to 9 is as described under MapInfo Professional.  Versions 9.5 and above of this product are available as free downloads from http://www.pbinsight.com/support/product-downloads/for/mapbasic.

MapInfo Professional

MapInfo Professional is a desktop mapping and geographic analysis package developed by Pitney Bowes Business Insight. The software is supplied by a2b Spatial Intelligence under a 3-year site licence which runs until 24th August 2014. The agreement covers both campus and home use for staff and students.

Maple

Maple is a system for performing mathematical manipulations symbolically in addition to performing numerical calculations. The software is the product of Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc. The software is supplied by Adept Scientific in the UK under a multi-platform site licence which is renewed annually on 31st July. The licence available at Leeds includes the Student Extension which allows the software to be used by both staff and students on personal machines either at work or at home. All installations of the software must be deleted once the user ceases to be a member of the University. Under the site licence, a separate purchase option allows copies of the Student Version of Maple to be obtained for perpetual use at a reduced price. In addition, members of staff are entitled to purchase a personal Faculty Edition of Maple under the site licence agreement.

Mathematica

The University of Leeds has signed a licence agreement with Wolfram Research Ltd., which enables departments within the University to acquire licences for use on University-owned machines at reduced cost.  The administration of the licence agreement is administered centrally by ISS.

The Agreement relates to what is referred to by the software supplier, Wolfram Research Ltd, as The Comprehensive Program. This is a three-year annual rental licence agreement, running from May 27th 2009 to April 30th 2012, which requires all participants to commit to paying an annual fee for the duration of the agreement.  Participants who join the agreement mid-term are charged pro-rata in their year of joining the scheme.  Towards the end of the three year term, discussions will take place with Wolfram Research Ltd., regarding the renewal of the agreement.

A primary benefit of the Comprehensive Program is that any licences covered by the Agreement qualify automatically for a free upgrade when new versions of Mathematica are released.  A second benefit is that the costs of licences acquired under the agreement are discounted substantially compared to purchase prices.

[Note: The Agreement does not apply to licences that are personally owned. Personal licences must be purchased directly from Wolfram Research Limited (see www.wolfram.co.uk) and can not be included under the Comprehensive Program.]

Full details of the Mathematica Comprehensive Agreement can be obtained from The IT Shop (email: theitshop@leeds.ac.uk / tel: 0113 3435360) or from Deborah Allon, ISS (email: d.allon@leeds.ac.uk ).

McAfee Active Virus Defense

McAfee Active Virus Defense comprises a suite of utilities for detecting and dealing with computer viruses. The software is supplied by McAfee under a site licence. Copies of the software are available for use by members of the University on personal and departmental machines.

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is supplied as part of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. It is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Microsoft Assistive Tools

Magnifier, On-Screen Keyboard, Narrator and Utility Manager. The Windows XP desktops supplied for student use include the Microsoft Assistive programmes Magnifier, On-Screen Keyboard and Narrator which can be used to support users with disabilities. These programmes are not intended for regular use but provide limited access to a pc that does not have 3rd party assistive software installed. Utility Manager is a Microsoft application which controls the behaviour of these tools.

Microsoft Core CALs

Most Microsoft server products require a client licence for each machine making use of the server. These client licences are referred to as the Client Access Licences or CALs. The core CALs are provided under the Microsoft Campus Agreement and do not need to be purchased by individual users. The SQL/Server CAL is also included under the current Campus Agreement as an option.

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is supplied as part of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. It is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Powerpoint is supplied as part of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. It is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Microsoft Proofing Tools

A set of Microsoft proofing tools (spelling checkers etc.) for many languages. These are provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use].

Microsoft Publisher

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program. It is not installed on the Campus desktop. However, it is provided under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University on University owned machines. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is supplied as part of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. It is provided on University-owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

MindGenius

MindGenius is a program for Mind Mapping provided by Gael Software under the CHEST/MindGenius licence agreement. This agreement provides a perpetual site licence for MindGenius Education Enterprise Version 3.6. The software may be installed on any PCs owned by or under the jurisdiction of the University of Leeds. This includes networks, PCs and laptops. The software may NOT be installed on a machine owned by the end user.

Orders for personal copies should be sent directly to Gael Software by Fax (01355 579191), by email (sales@mindgenius.com) or via the web site http://www.mindgenius.com/

Minitab

Minitab is a general purpose package for statistical analysis. The software is provided by Minitab Inc. and supplied under a Site Licence agreement which is renewed annually on the 31st August. Under this agreement, staff and students of the University may also use the software at work or at home on personal machines whilst they are members of the University. All installations of the software must be deleted once the user ceases to be a member of the University. A separate purchase option caters for users wanting to obtain a personal copy for perpetual use.

MLwiN

MlwiN is a package for multi-level modelling of hierarchically structured data in which it is required to model and understand variation at different levels within the hierarchy. The package is supplied by the Institute of Education, at the University of Bristol. In 2001, 50 licences of MLwiN were purchased primarily for private use by a small number of departments within the University leaving a small number of licences for installation on the ISS desktop. No further licences remain for sale to departments. However, on the back of this purchase, the suppliers allow members of staff of the university to purchase additional licences at a reduced cost. Users wishing to purchase a copy of MLwiN should contact The IT Shop for further details.

NAG Library

The NAG Library is a suite of programs for numerical and statistical analysis emanating from Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), Oxford, England. The licence currently available at Leeds is for 'All Serial Libraries' (i.e. the serial FORTRAN and C libraries on all platforms). The libraries are provided under the Chest/NAG licence agreement. This is a 5 year Campus Licence agreement terminating on 31st July 2015. Home use is permitted but requires a time-locked licence key available from ISS. The software is subject to the Chest User Obligations. Further details of the libraries can be found under Numerical Libraries on the NAG web site.

 

National Grid Converter

National Grid Converter is a package for converting Ordnance Survey grid references into pairs of coordinates. National Grid Converter is freely available to Digimap users and is developed by EDINA. It is available from the Data Information -> Ordnance Survey data issues -> National grid reference converter section of the Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection Help pages.

NTF2MIF

NTF2MIF is a package for converting Ordnance Survey NTF data to MIF/MID. NTF2MIF is freeware and is developed by Nigel James of Oxford University. It is available at www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/translat.htm.

NVivo

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis tool designed for researchers working with rich text documents who need to combine coding with qualitative linking, shaping, searching and modelling to discover patterns and relationships in the data. The software is provided under the Eduserv Chest/QSR licence agreement. This is a 5 year Site Licence agreement terminating on 30th June 2012. The agreement covers both campus and home use for staff and students. The software is also subject to the Chest User Obligations. The licence is funded jointly by ESSL, LUBS, Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, and ISS. The software is also available for use by users from other departments subject to a fee. Details of charges are available from The IT Shop.  

Origin

Origin is a charting and data analysis package developed by OriginLab. The software is supplied under a site licence by Silverdale Scientific and covers both Origin and OriginPro. The licence is a 3-year rental agreement and runs until 30th June 2014. The agreement covers both campus and home use for staff and students.

OriginPro

OriginPro provides all of the features of Origin plus additional analysis, graphing, and development tools. It is developed by OriginLab and the agreement for this product is as described under Origin.

 

OSGR Tutor

OSGR Tutor is a tutorial which explains the basic principles of the Ordnance Survey National Grid Referencing system and then sets a self-assessment exercise. It was developed by Glasgow University's Archaeology Consortium and is licensed in perpetuity for campus use for staff and students. If you would like a copy please contact Anna Clough in ISS (A.Clough@leeds.ac.uk, ext. 35832).

 

OSM2MIF

OSM2MIF is a package for converting Ordnance Survey MasterMap data to MIF/MID. OSM2MIF is freeware and is developed by Nigel James of Oxford University. It is available at http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/translat.htm.

 

Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is supplied as part of the Microsoft Office Professional Suite. It is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Paint Shop Pro

See Corel PaintShop Photo Pro.

PDF Converter Pro

Scansoft PDF Converter PRO is a program for editing PDF files: an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Writer. The package lets you create, edit and convert documents into fully-formatted PDF files quickly and easily. The software, from Nuance, is site-licensed under a CHEST agreement. Personal copies of the software for use by members of the University can be obtained from The IT Shop.  There is no charge for the licence but a media charge applies for the CD.

Penfriend

Penfriend is a small tool that offers predictive text as you type, allowing you to complete partially typed words by mapping appropriate suggestions to function keys on the keyboard.

Perl

Perl is a scripting language used extensively in the development of Web interfaces. A variety of versions are available on ISS managed machines. The language is also freely downloadable from the web. (See http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/)

Questionmark Perception

Questionmark Perception is a web-based assessment system supplied by Questionmark. The software is available under an annual site licence and is freely available for use by members of staff of the University. End user support for using Perception is provided by the Learning Development Unit. Installation, maintenance and server hosting is provided by ISS. For information on the use and support of Questionmark Perception at Leeds see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/perception

R

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. The R programming language is based on the S and S/Plus programming languages. R provides libraries to solve common problems, and is completely extensible allowing the user to implement any algorithm. R is available to download as free software under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License.

Reference Manager

Reference Manager is a program for the management of bibliographic databases. The software is supplied under the same terms and conditions as EndNote, described above. Note that, currently, Reference Manager is not installed on ISS Managed machines but is available for departmental use. The support level for Reference Manager is 3.

RefViz

Refviz is data visualization and analysis software from the makers of EndNote and Reference Manager. It allows users to search multiple data sources simultaneously and visualize references to reveal major themes and topics. The software is supplied under the same terms and conditions as EndNote, described above.

SAS

SAS is a general purpose package for statistical analysis, graphics and data management. Modules currently licensed are: Base, STAT, GRAPH, ETS, FSP, IML, INSIGHT, OR, QC, AF, SAS E-Learning (a suite of online tutorials),  SAS/ACCESS (provides interfaces to PC File Formats, ODBC, OLE DB, and Enterprise Guide). The software is provided under the Chest/SAS licence agreement. This is an annual agreement scheduled for renewal on 31st July. The licence currently available is a multi-platform site licence covering both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms and Linux platforms amongst others. Although personal licences are not specifically covered by the licence agreement, the software supplier, SAS Institute, encourages the use of the licensed software on student and staff computers, at the Institution or at home. Such use must be for the purpose of study or personal development and under no circumstances for any commercial gain. The software is also subject to the Chest User Obligations.

SPSS

SPSS is a general purpose package for statistical analysis, graphics and data management. Options currently licensed are: Base (SPSS), Advanced, Regression, Tables, Trends, Amos, Categories, Conjoint, Exact Tests, Missing Values, Decision Trees, Data Collection Data Entry, Text Analysis for Surveys, Complex Samples and Sample Power. The software is provided under the CHEST/IBM-SPSS agreement. This is a three year Site Licence agreement terminating on 31st July 2013. (Note: SPSS Inc. is now an IBM company and the product name SPSS is now more formally referred to as IBM SPSS Statistics.) 

SPSS Data Collection Data Entry

This is an option available with the main SPSS licence. It replaces a former product, Data Entry Builder and provides the facility for the use of forms for data entry. Data captured using this facility may be saved in the form of an SPSS binary file readable by SPSS. SPSS Data Collection Data Entry can be run independently from SPSS. The terms of licence provision are identical to those for SPSS.

SQL/Server

SQL Server is a commercial strength Relational Database Management System. A number of different editions are offered including Personal, Developer, Standard and Enterprise. The Personal edition is part of Microsoft Office Professional and is available through the Microsoft Campus Agreement. Other editions can be purchased under the Microsoft Select Agreement.

Stat/Transfer

Stat/Transfer provides a data interchange capability between Stata and a wide range of alternative software packages including Excel, SAS and SPSS. Currently, 5 Stat/Transfer licences are available on the ISS desktop. These licences are subject to the control of a licence broker.

Stata

Stata is a general purpose statistical analysis package. Stata is favoured by medical statisticians and epidemiologists and has established itself as a de facto standard for the teaching of medical statistics. Two main versions of Stata are available - Intercooled Stata and Stata SE. Stata SE offers the same range of facilities as Intercooled Stata but is able to handle much larger data sets. The ISS desktop has 63 Intercooled Stata licences and 10 Stata SE licences. These licences are subject to the control of a licence broker to ensure that the number of concurrent users does not exceed the number of licences available for each product. Lecturers planning to base classes around Stata are urged to use the Intercooled version which will allow for up to 63 concurrent users. This will leave the fewer Stata SE licences for use by researchers needing the extra power of this version.

Stata licences can be purchased directly from Timberlake Consultants Ltd.  In addition, the University of Leeds has a maintenance agreement for Stata.  This agreement allows departments to include some or all of their University-owned licences under maintenance.  It also allows departments to purchase Stata licences for organisational use at reduced rates.  Note that the Maintenance Agreement does not apply to licences that are personally owned. These must be purchased directly from Timberlake Consultants and can not be included under the maintenance scheme.  Full details of the Stata Maintenance Agreement and its operation at Leeds can be obtained from The IT Shop. 

TeX/LaTeX

TeX is a low-level typesetting system designed by Donald Knuth for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is a high-quality publishing system capable of producing camera-ready copy or PDFs from plain text input with high-level structured markup, using style sheets provided. It is particularly noted for its competence with mathematical material. LaTeX uses TeX as its typesetting engine. TeX and LaTeX are the de facto standards for the communication and publication of scientific documents. ISS Windows clusters offer fptex (as part of a package called TeXLive). Private users are recommended to install the current MiKTeX off the web. See MiKTeX project: http://www.miktex.org/ or Comprehensive TeX Archive Network: http://www.ctan.org/

textHELP!

textHELP! Read & Write has been specifically designed for users with dyslexia and provides many tools to help access and compose written material. The software is supplied by Texthelp Systems Ltd, in Northern Ireland. Features include: high-quality speech feedback; a phonetic spell checker; word prediction; a dictionary; and a talking calculator. It can be used in conjunction with practically any Windows program including word processors, spreadsheets, DTP, encyclopaedias, web pages and help files. A perpetual campus licence for textHELP! is owned by the University allowing the product to be used on University-owned machines located within a 2 mile radius of the centre of campus. The licence does not permit the software to be used on personal machines. A separate purchase option is available for single-user licences. Details are available from ISS Sales.

Visilog

Visilog is an image processing package developed by Noesis. The software was licensed under an old Chest/Visilog Agreement which allowed us to keep the copies we had installed in perpetuity.

Vista eXceed

Vista-eXceed provides an X Window server on PCs, enabling you to run X applications on remote machines while controlling them from a PC. The software was acquired under a CHEST licence agreement which expired in 2001. The University chose not to sign up to new licence agreement. However, it retained perpetual use rights to the version of eXceed available at the termination of the original agreement.

Visual Basic

Microsoft Visual Basic is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement as part of Visual Studio for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

Visual Studio

Microsoft Visual Studio is an applications development environment. It is not installed on the Campus desktop. However, it is provided on University owned machines under the Microsoft Campus Agreement for use by staff and students of the University. The agreement also allows members of staff to use the software on a personally owned machine either at work or at home. For a summary of the terms of the agreement see Microsoft Campus Agreement [Terms of Use]. A separate scheme, the Microsoft Student Options scheme, allows students to download products directly from Microsoft at special student rates.

XV

XV is an image manipulation package developed by John Bradley. The software was licensed under an old Chest/XV Agreement which allowed us to keep the copies we had installed in perpetuity.