Software available for you to download

The University holds a variety of site licenses that allow students at Sydney to install these exclusive software packages free of charge. When you are no longer enrolled with the University of Sydney, you will need to purchase your own software license unless you are covered by another organisation's site license for these software packages.

The following software is currently available for students under the enterprise licensing agreement:

• Endnote
• StarOffice
• Reference Manager
• Genstat
• SAS
• DreamSpark (Formerly known as MSDN AA)- Engineering students only
• NVivo 10

Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNET) also provide freely downloadable and open source software which is available for download at AARNET prices. The AARNET mirror is hosted at: mirror.aarnet.edu.au

If you have any software-related enquiries contact the ICT Helpdesk on 9351 6000 or email ict.support@sydney.edu.au

EndNote

Endnote is a reference management software package used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It is available to all University staff and students and is available to download from the links below.

By downloading the software, you are subject to the following licensing agreement: The University wide license for Endnote includes "registered students, employed faculty and all other employees of the University of Sydney". The software is only covered by this license "so long as they are registered students at the University of Sydney or are employed by the University of Sydney". When your association with the University of Sydney in any of the above capacities is finished you will need to purchase your own license, unless you are covered by another organisation's site license. The software may be used "at the site or at their principal residence". However, use of the software at the principal residence is "limited to use related to course work, research or other work directly related to the user's relationship with the University of Sydney".

The software must not be "copied or downloaded on to any non-eligible user's personal disc for personal use".

Additional information

The Library currently provides training and an EndNote Subject Guide for user support in Endnote X5 for Windows. The EndNote Subject Guide gives general information to get you started with Endnote, including how to access the online version of Endnote and EndNote Web.

If you require an earlier version of Endnote, such as Endnote 7, please contact the ICT Helpdesk on 9351 6000.

For information about how to use Endnote, visit the Library's subject guide about the Endnote referencing tool.

Star Office

StarOffice Office Suite is the world's leading office productivity suite on Linux and the Solaris OS, and the leading alternative office suite on Windows.

StarOffice software offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing, and database capabilities. You can export documents to PDF and Macromedia Flash format. The producers have also introduced the StarOffice Configuration Manager, the StarOffice Software Development Kit, a macro recorder, and support for assistive technologies, as well as for complex text layouts.

By downloading the software, you are subject to the following licensing agreement: The StarOffice licensing agreement gives Educational Institutions the right to make StarOffice available for internal use. "Internal use" means that your enrolled students, faculty and staff may use the software on computers that you own, operate, or maintain direct control over."

Reference Manager

Reference Manager is an application used for publishing and managing bibliographies on the Windows and Macintosh computer.

Download Reference Manager

By downloading the software, you are subject to the following licensing agreement: The University wide license for Endnote includes "registered students, employed faculty and all other employees of the University of Sydney". The software is only covered by this license "so long as they are registered students at the University of Sydney or are employed by the University of Sydney". When your association with the University of Sydney in any of the above capacities is finished you will need to purchase your own license, unless you are covered by another organisation's site license. The software may be used "at the site or at their principal residence". However, use of the software at the principal residence is "limited to use related to course work, research or other work directly related to the user's relationship with the University of Sydney".

The software must not be "copied or downloaded on to any non-eligible user's personal disc for personal use".

Genstat

Students may install this software on their personal computers on the proviso that a record of the install is recorded. If you require Genstat your faculty will provide a local copy on the lab computers for you to download and a license via WebCT. This is managed by faculty staff members Peter Thomson and Tom Bishop. Any student download issues are handled at a faculty level.

SAS

Faculty staff may request and download SAS on your behalf. If this is the case, faculty staff must complete and retain a copy of the SAS Student Home User form for each copy of this software installed on a student's computer.

DreamSpark (formerly known as MSDN AA)- Developer AA

Students of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies are entitled to DreamSpark (Developer AA) subscription that includes Microsoft platform, servers, and developer tools software. This software may be installed on your personal computer free of charge, according to the End User License Agreement.

How do I get access?

To access your DreamSpark subscription you need to register here. Students who have received a specific email invitation do not need to register again.

To register you will need to use your UniKey as your Student Identifier. You will also need to use your University email address (eg. abcd1234@uni.sydney.edu.au) to create your account. Accounts that are created using another email address will be deleted.
Only students and staff within the faculty will be able to register.

Who do I contact for help?

If you are having problems registering for an account or logging in, please contact the ICT Helpdesk on 16000 for all assistance.

NVivo 10

NVivo is available for students using Windows only. NVivo allows you to handle rich text based information, where deep levels of analysis on both small and large volumes of data are required. It removes many of the manual tasks associated with analysis, like classifying, sorting and arranging information, so you have more time to explore trends, build and test theories and ultimately arrive at answers to questions.

Download NVivo 10
You will need a valid Student UniKey to visit this link.