September
1998
Volume 2,
Issue 1
Inside
this Issue...
New
Teaching Rooms Opened
VAX
Wind-down Schedule
Statistical
Software Examples on the Web
Data
Resources Library - Update
Announcements
Windows
98 Support
Web
Publishing Services
Year
2000 and the SSC Network
Social Science Computing Laboratory
Faculty of Social Science
Room 1228, Social Science
Centre
The University of Western
Ontario
London, Ontario, Canada,
N6A 5C2
E-mail: ssts@uwo.ca
Web: www.ssc.uwo.ca
Phone: 519 661-2152
Managing Editor: Les
Flodrowski |
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SSC Network Update
Announcements
SPSS 8.0 QuickTour
A new multimedia SPSS tutorial is available in Windows by clicking
on Start Þ SSC Network
Þ
Assistance and Learning
Þ SPSS
8.0 QuickTour. The tour complements SPSS’s online tutorial. Topics
of interest include data access, working with pivot tables, powerful new
statistics and interactive charts.
VendaCard Printing Service
SSCL is pleased to announce the introduction of VendaCard Laser Printing
available to all SSC Network users. The new service, located in the Student
Consultant Room in SSC
1012, replaces the previous CopyCentre laser printer. It features closer
proximity to student labs, reduced cost (10 cents/page) and hands-on access
by users. See www.ssc.uwo.ca/sscl/notices/printchanges.html
for more information.
Student Consultant Room
Room 1012 has been converted into a public area accommodating a student
reading/work room, the VendaCard printing service and our student consultant
Help Desk. Hours of operation for the fall and winter terms are Monday-Thursday:
8:30 a.m-10:00 p.m.; Friday: 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 1:00
p.m.-6:00 p.m.
ScanExam Scanning Service
SSCL offers a free, same-day examination scanning service to Social
Science instructors. Some restrictions apply: (a) This is a read-only service,
instructors must do their own file editing and marking using Scan Exam
software; (b) Only the UWO Markex Scantron Form No. F10193-WU (reddish
in colour) is readable by the SSCL reader; (c) The service is available
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; (d) Forms must be given in pre-counted
crisscrossed piles of 50 sheets.
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