The university maintains a wide range of research facilities, offices, and resources to facilitate a variety of research and public service activities. These include the following. Software for word processing, electronic mail, Internet browsing, statistical analysis, numerical presentation, illustration, desktop publishing, database management, and program development is generally available. File servers provide the lab computers with access to office productivity, electronic mail, and web browser software. Access to the Internet is available through these labs and through the dial-in facilities.
All labs have access to laser printers.
ACS provides software under volume purchase agreements to departments. All buildings on campus are connected to the campus backbone and the Internet. The contents include almost the entire repertoire of operas produced by Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company and traces the inception, rise, and development of resident opera in Chicago, culminating with the demise of the Civic Opera Company in 1932. The collection preserves for the historian, designer, practitioner, and public a magnificent period of opera design and scene painting. Interdisciplinary Academic Centers and Institute The following centers and institute encourage and coordinate multidisciplinary research and graduate study.