05-06 Graduate Student Handbook.pdf - University of Kentucky

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OTHER RESOURCES
Biostatistics Unit
The Biostatistics Consulting Unit provides statistical consultation for graduate students in the
medical center. The services offered free of charge to graduate students include consulting on
short-term, non-funded projects, and advising on issues such as study design, sample size
requirements, and the appropriate statistical analyses for a study. The unit also provides data
entry services for a nominal fee. Your faculty advisor will assist you in making the appropriate
contact with this unit.
Microcomputer Lab
A microcomputer lab in room 604J of the Audiovisual Library in the College of Nursing
Building is for student use. This facility contains IBM compatible and MacIntosh personal
computers, printers, and a variety of software. The microcomputer room is available to all
students of the medical center's colleges during the following hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30
a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.; Saturday. 9 a.m.-4:45 p.m.; Sunday 1-11:30
p.m. These hours are subject to change, especially during holidays and examination periods.
Summer hours are shortened.
Computing Center
The Computing Center is located in McVey Hall, off the west end of Funkhouser Drive. The
Information Systems Help Desk in 110 McVey Hall hands out a wide variety of free
introductory guides and computer manuals to facilitate your computer work and networking
connections. The help desk also provides communications software and other programs for
which the University has site licenses to staff or students only. Be sure to bring a diskette if
you want to get a copy of such software. The help desk is open during regular business hours
Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 257-2249 or send e-mail to helpdesk@uky.edu for more
information.
UK Online Internet is a service which will allow students dial-up access to online services
from home or from dormitory rooms. Call UK Online at (800) 241-1009 for further
information.
The Computing Center houses the IBM 9672 mainframe computer, the HP SPP 2200, the
Convex/HP Exemplar, and a number of smaller Unix machines and network server machines.
These computers are used mostly for advanced research and e-mail applications. If you should
need to work on one of these systems (and if you don't already have an account set up for you
automatically through a course you are taking), you can go to User Account Services in 113
McVey Hall and present a picture ID to request an account on one of the Computing Center
systems. Most students, however, will find that computer resources available in the various
microlabs around campus will meet their needs. Consultants for these various systems at the
Computing Center are also available in the different microlabs.
Each graduate student in the College of Nursing who needs to work with statistical software
such as SAS and SPSS on one of the Convex/HP systems must get her/his own account by
presenting a picture ID at User Account Services in 130 McVey Hall. SAS and SPSS are also