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Recommended Purchases for Students
Windows 7 Pro for Students
Click to check the current discounted price.
Microsoft Student Store
Click to check the current discounted price.
Union Apple Store
10% Discount on many items.
Laptop Recommendation
Union IT recommends this laptop or something with similar specs for someone looking for a laptop that will be good for general school and personal use.
Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000
Home Phone System with Headset Jack
Headset for Home Phone
Recommended Purchases for Faculty
Microsoft Windows and Office for Faculty/Staff
For Faculty and Staff ONLY, a University discounted version of Microsoft Office and Windows 7 is available for purchase by visiting this link.  Download Office for $15 or get the DVD mailed to you for $26.  Download Windows 7 for  $12 or get the DVD for $20.  This is good for ONE installation only.
FREE Downloads for Students, Faculty and Staff
AVG Free Anti-Virus (recommended by IT)
Go to Download.com and type "AVG for Free" in the search field.
GoView.com - Free Screen Capture Software
Set up a free account at GoView.com, then ownload and install their program.  You can then record videos of what is on your screen and use your microphone for voice narration.  Great for recording PowerPoint presentations.
Cirtrix Web Clients for Union
Microsoft Office 2007 to 2003 File Converter
Microsoft Office 2003 Menu for Office 2007
Adobe Connect Pro - Windows Add-In
Adobe Connect Pro - Apple Add-In
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Windows Live Mail Client
Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client
FileZilla FTP Client
Live@edu Downloads
DreamSpark
Free Microsoft software for learners at Union.
Picasa Image Editor
Gimp Image Editor
Free Video Converter
Dropbox - Store Files Online
Sharepoint Designer 2007 - Free
PDF to Word Converter
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view and print PDF files.

Educational Software

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Bibliographic Software

These software programs will help you keep track of your references and bibliographies when you are writing papers and conducting research. They will automatically format the references and citations in the style guide format of your choosing. Software vendor sites with information about the packages:

Quantitative Research Software

Quantitative research software is primarily for conducting statistical analyses. Software vendor sites with information about the packages:

  • Analyze-it
  • SPSS
  • SAS
  • STATA - Stata has complete statistical, graphical, and data-management capabilities and is also fully programmable. Used by researchers of all disciplines. Online courses about using Stata are available for free.
  • StatLib - From the Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon, this collection contains a variety of software, macros, and data sets written in Fortran, C, and Lisp.

Qualitative Research Software

Qualitative research software is designed to facilitate qualitative data analysis (e.g., field research, ethnography).Software vendor sites with information about the packages: