ITS Documentation List
We provide a range of documents introducing the various computing facilities available to students and staff at Birkbeck. Copies of the documents listed below can be obtained free of charge from the ITS Helpdesk and Reception.
Introductory Documentation
Overview of Services and General Guides
Electronic Mail
All members of Birkbeck (Students and Staff) should familiarise themselves with the Electronic Mail guidelines (Includes information on Good Email Practice, the Student Webmail Service, also Email Distribution Lists for Staff)
Using ITS Workstation Rooms
Introductory information, locations and opening hours
Storage (includes information on how to use memory sticks)
Computer Security
Anti-Virus Software
Microsoft Office Applications
Covering: word processing (Word), spreadsheets (Excel), databases (Access), presentations (Powerpoint ), desktop publishing (Publisher)
Outlook (Staff only)
Assistive Technology
Software tools to assist students with dyslexia and visual impairment
Other Applications
EndNote and Endnote web (bibliographic references manager)
Zotero (bibliographic references manager)
SPSS (statistics package)
SPlus (statistics package)
Photoshop (image editing)
Electric Paper Training Material for ECDL
Internet
Scanning
Wireless and Mobile Computing
VPN Service
Web related
The BLE (Bloomsbury Learning Environment)