OTHER RESOURCES
Biostatistics Unit
The Biostatistics Consulting Unit provides statistical
consultation for graduate students in the medical center. The
services offered free of charge to graduate students include
consulting on short-term, non-funded projects, and advising on
issues such as study design, sample size requirements, and the
appropriate statistical analyses for a study. The unit also
provides data entry services for a nominal fee. Your faculty
advisor will assist you in making the appropriate contact with
this unit.
Microcomputer Lab
A microcomputer lab in room 604J of the Audiovisual Library in the
College of Nursing Building is for
student use. This facility contains IBM compatible and MacIntosh
personal computers, printers, and a variety of software. The
microcomputer room is available to all students of the medical
center's colleges during the following hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.;
Friday 7:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.; Saturday. 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Sunday
1-11:30 p.m. These hours are subject to
change, especially during holidays and examination periods. Summer
hours are shortened.
Computing Center
The Computing Center is located in McVey Hall, off the west end of
Funkhouser Drive. The Information Systems Help Desk in 110 McVey
Hall hands out a wide variety of free introductory guides and
computer manuals to facilitate your computer work and networking
connections. The help desk also provides communications software
and other programs for which the University has site licenses to
staff or students only. Be sure to bring a diskette if you want to
get a copy of such software. The help desk is open during regular
business hours Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Call 257-2249 or send e-mail to
helpdesk@uky.edu for more information.
UK Online Internet is a service which will allow students dial-up
access to Internet services from home or from dormitory rooms.
Call UK Online at (800) 241-1009 for further information.
The Computing Center houses the IBM 9672 mainframe computer, the
HP SPP 2200, the Convex/HP Exemplar, and a number of smaller Unix
machines and network server machines. These computers are used
mostly for advanced research and e-mail applications. If you
should need to work on one of these systems (and if you don't
already have an account set up for you automatically through a
course you are taking), you can go to User Account Services in 113
McVey Hall and present a picture ID to request an account on one
of the Computing Center systems. Most students, however, will find
that computer resources available in the various microlabs around
campus will meet their needs. Consultants for these various
systems at the Computing Center are also available in the
different microlabs.
Each graduate student in the College of Nursing who
needs to work with statistical software such as SAS and SPSS on
one of the Convex/HP systems must get her/his own account by
presenting a picture ID at User Account Services in 130 McVey
Hall. SAS and SPSS are also available for purchase through our UK
site license, for use on PC machines.
The SSTARS
(Social Science, Teaching, and Research Statistics) Computing
Center, including statistical computing, is located in the
William T. Young Library. For more information, contact Aric
Schadler, statistics consultant, by e-mail at
schadler@email.uky.edu or by phone at 257-2641, or you may
visit the
Computing Center's Web site.
The University publishes a brochure titled Policy Governing
Access to and Use of University of Kentucky Computing Resources,
which addresses such issues as account privacy and ethical use of
computing resources. All University of Kentucky students should
receive a copy of this brochure. To get additional copies, check
in the microlabs or at the help desk in 110 McVey Hall.
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