South - IT Search Internet Library with Google Computing facilities at De Montfort University South In Bedford IT facilities are situated in labs, at Polhill on the ground floor by the library staircase and on the first floor of no. 35 Lansdowne Road. There are also facilities in the libraries. At Milton Keynes IT facilities are in the Information Ce ntre, to the right of the issue desk. The PCs are networked and all students are allocated a unique username.
Students can save files to the network and back up on a floppy disk.
An 'open access' policy applies. The PCs will run Microsoft Office, Internet software, a paint package, and specialised course specific packages, such as SPPS and Minitab. There is free dot matrix printing and chargeable laser printing. There are scanning facilities. PCs with CD-ROMs can be found in Lansdowne and Polhill Libraries and in the IT lab at Milton Keynes.