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Computing in the Biomedical Library
The Biomedical Library has nearly 60 public computers which connect you to the Internet and Penn's Digital Library. You may also use your own laptops to access either our wireless network or our hard-wired ethernet ports. More information about these options is available below:
Public Computing
Most public computers are located on the ground floor of the Library in the Garfield Micro-Computer Center (MCC). The MCC houses thirty-three Windows workstations and one scanning station attached to a color laser printer. All workstations are equipped with the full Microsoft Office suite, PennConnect software, and a number of specialized utilities for biomedical research. Adjacent to the MCC, there are twelve Windows 2000 work-stations reserved for research purposes. There are six additional iMac look-up stations located in the stacks, and two work-stations in the Clinical Reading Room.
Earphones are available for check-out at the Circulation Desk to use with educational and certification programs.
Printing in Public Labs
The library uses UniPrint pay-for-printing. To make use of the service, print as you would normally print from your home or office computer, give your job a name, and retrieve your print jobs from one of the two print stations. You will be able to swipe your PennCard/PennCash card, and then will be prompted to find your job by name and work station. Black and white printing costs $.08/page. Color printing is available at the scanning station and costs $0.50/page. Departmental users may use departmental photocopy cards, a specialized type of PennCash card.
Wireless Laptops
A number of Wireless Laptops are available on loan from the Circulation Desk, for use within the Biomedical Library. The laptops may be used with an ethernet cable and one of the Library's Ethernet Plug-In Ports. If you have a PennKey, you can also use the laptops on the Library's Wireless Network. If you do not have a Pennkey, please see the Pennkey Website for PennKey registration instructions.
Laptop Ethernet Plug-In Ports
Laptop Ethernet Plug-In Ports are available in the last row of carrels in the MCC, in the carrels near the iMac adjacent to our current periodicals collection, and in the study rooms on the Ground Floor and Blue Level. To use our laptop plug-in ports, you must check out an Ethernet cable from the circulation desk and return it by library closing. For additional information, please see our instructions for connecting to the Library via ethernet ports.
Wireless Networking
The library offers a wireless network on the ground level and in the clinical reading room of the Blue Level. To use the wireless network, your laptop must have a wireless card. You must also have a PennKey. If you do not have a Pennkey, please see the Pennkey Website for PennKey registration instructions.
Remote Access via Proxy Service: Penn faculty, students and staff who connect to the Library from off-campus can access restricted resources through the Library's Proxy Server .
