Portable (laptop) Computers
Medical Center staff, faculty and students may check out laptop computers and/or a Zip drive for use
within the library building. EBL-provided laptops have MS Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel),
Internet connection, web browsers and several video player plug-ins.
Medical Center staff, faculty and students may bring in their own laptops to use.
Library provide Ethernet cable jet for Ethernet connection and wireless access points
for wireless connection. To config for Internet connection, please download or ask for
directions at the services desks. (
Win95/98 Ethernet , Windows NT 4.0 Ethernet ,
and MacOS Ethernet, and
Wireless connection ).
Policy for Circulation of Library Laptop Computers
Wireless network connection available for all
library circulating laptops
The Eskind Library's primary clientele are entitled to check out laptops for in-house use.
A VUMC ID and an up-to-date Acorn record is required to check out laptops.
Loan periods are two hours. We appreciate prompt renewals.
Laptops may not be reserved in advance.
Laptops provide Internet access through a wireless network connection and can
be used anywhere inside the library.
There is one 250MB Zip drive available for checkout within the building.
Files can be burned to CD, emailed, ftp'd, saved to a 3 1/2" floppy disk or saved to a Zip disk(PC-formatted, either 100 or 250MB).
The following applications are available on the laptops:
Internet Explorer and Netscape (with Plugins: RealPlayer, Acrobat Reader, Winframe,
Shockwave,Quicktime, Flash), the Microsoft Office Suite, Wordpad and Imaging.
Personal software may not be loaded into the laptop.
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