These machines have a variety of functions and controls, which make them very useful to instructors. Many of these rooms also have Crestron media control systems, which in Level 3 rooms require passwords. Some of these rooms have Macintoshes, the others have Windows based machines. These 7 aptly named classrooms have computer workstations for each student. The instructor's station is similar to that in a Level 3 room, and most also need passwords.
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With Books24x7 this will never happen. Electronic access to full text journal articles will be expanded by the Fall. The Library recently signed a contract with Elsevier for their ScienceDirect database. ScienceDirect offers desktop access to over 800 journals. It will be possible to link directly to ScienceDirect articles from other databases, including MathSciNet and PubMed.