Computer Clusters

Green Library Clusters - Lane Reading Room

Humanities and Area Studies Resource Center Computer Cluster

In the HASRC, at either end of the Lane Reading Room are public computer clusters.

Lane Room Cluster: The Lane Room has four kiosk computers on either side of its main entrance and on the opposite wall. These machines provide quick access to Library catalogs, Folio databases, and Internet resources.

At either end of the Lane Room are public computer clusters. These include 21 PC machines equipped with a number of software applications that can be used for patron research production. A list of the applications installed on the machines in this room can be found here. All machines have CD-RW/DVD drives and USB ports to plug in flash (thumb) drives. A valid SUNet ID is required in order to gain access to the machines.

Patons will also find one (1) Macintosh and one Middle Eastern kiosk, which are located at the east end of the Lane Room.

The Middle Eastern kiosk has Middle Eastern language input capabilities (Arabic, Persian, and Modern Turkish), for searching online indices (such as Eureka, the RLG bibliographic database), as well as programs in these languages that can be accessed by anyone. An example of one of these is called "The Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence." This program is all in Arabic, including the drop-down menus and the buttons.

Also among these computers is an IBM machine used to virtually tour the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. This machine however provides no email or web access, nor does it allow you to do any word processing.

View current software loaded on machines in the Lane Room cluster

Scan Station: The Lane Reading room has a scan station for patrons to use. The station is located in the copy/printer room on the east end of the reading room. The scan station can only be accessed by those with a valid SUNet ID. This machine is not a cluster machine. Patrons will not have access to all of the applications that are currently available on the cluster machines. Software available for patrons to use is as follows:

• Abbyy Fine Reader --> OCR scanning and format converting software.
• Epson Scan --> Can be used instead of Abbyy but doesn't have as good an OCR feature as does Abbyy.
• Essential Stanford Software suite