Software: My research requires software that is only available on library computers. Is it possible to access it remotely?

The RemoteLab provides access to the software and services normally provided via the computers in the Libraries (see: https://library.utoronto.ca/news/information-commons-launches-new-remotelab-service)

Students can reserve a computer for up to 8 hours to use the following:

  • Productivity tools such as Microsoft Office 365, LibreOffice, and Scribus
  • Design tools such as Gimp, Inkscape, and Krita
  • AV software such as Audacity, OpenShot, and Handbrake
  • GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, and Google Earth Pro
  • Data Analysis software such as PSPP, RStudio, and Tableau Public
  • Accessibility software such as Kurzweil 3000

Software: Free for Students

NVivo – free for UofT students

SAS – free for DLSPH students. All Public Health Sciences Students may obtain a free annual copy of SAS. Use your utoronto email address and contact Ryan Rosner biostat.dlsph@utoronto.ca   OR access to Free SAS University Edition here 

R – free for students.   You have access to versions for all operating systems, and even the source code to build it yourself. If you are a Mac user, you should click the MacOS X link.  It is probably worth taking a look at the R for Mac OS X FAQ   linked further down the page. If you are a Windows user, you would click the “Windows” link followed by the “base” link on the next page.  The current version is at the top of the page.  You should also click on the “Installation and other instructions” link and look at the R Windows FAQ.     After installing R, I would recommend you install a program called RStudio here. RStudio is a program that runs R and gives you a large number of “quality of life” improvements with respect to using and programming R.

PSPP: free alternative to SPSS

Software: Student Pricing

Stata – available at academic pricing.  ‘Intercooled’ Stata is usually the right product.
$48 for 6 months student license

SPSS – The University of Toronto’s Licensed Software Office (in Robarts library) has one-year student licenses for about $60 (without the academic discount, SPSS would cost you thousands of dollars each year). OISE also has some computers on the third floor Education Commons with SPSS.  You might also investigate the free two-week trial download from the publisher.