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CrystalMaker Windows, Mac
CrystalMaker
By CrystalMaker Software
For Students, Faculty, Staff

CrystalMaker is an advanced chemical & materials modelling program, featuring energy minimization, crystal-engineering - combined with full crystallographic model building and visualization.

CrystalMaker provides a streamlined workflow that majors on productivity: just drag-and-drop your data files into the program for instant display in spectacular photo-realistic color. Manipulate structures in real time, with the mouse. Multiple View "bookmarks" and undo levels encourage exploration and discovery - ideal for teaching and research.

If a user experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact the supervisor if an employee, or Disability Services if a student. 

CrystalMaker Diffract
By CrystalMaker Software
For Students, Faculty, Staff

CrystalDiffract 6 is an all-new, stand-alone program, designed to make the world of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction intuitive, interactive - and fun!

CrystalDiffract 6 reads from crystal files - including CIF files - to simulate X-ray or neutron powder diffraction patterns. Real-time parameter controls let you experiment with diffraction and sample settings, with instant feedback. Combine these with instant mixture creation - and the ability to load observed data in the same window - and you have a powerful workbench application for researchers, teachers and students.

If a user experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact the supervisor if an employee, or Disability Services if a student. 

CrystalMaker SingleCrystal
By CrystalMaker Software
For Students, Faculty, Staff

SingleCrystal is an elegant program designed to make the world of diffraction, reciprocal lattices and stereographic projections intuitive, interactive and fun!

SingleCrystal can simulate X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction patterns from single crystals, as well as being able to display reciprocal lattice sections and stereographic projections.

If a user experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact the supervisor if an employee, or Disability Services if a student. 

EndNote Windows, Mac
EndNote
By Clarivate Analytics
For Students, Faculty, Staff

EndNote gives you the tools you need for searching, organizing and sharing your research. It allows you to easily create bibliographies while writing papers, and includes features like finding full text for your references and automatically updating records. It also has syncing capabilities which let you access all of your references, attachments, and groups from anywhere.

For additional information, please refer to: EndNote: LSU Overview.

Licensing: 

LSU faculty, staff and students eligible.

Faculty and staff members must be employed according to criteria defined by the LSU Department of Human Resource Management.

If an employee experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact your supervisor.  If a student experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact Disability Services.

ESRI Business Analyst Desktop
By ESRI
For Faculty, Staff

Esri Business Analyst Desktop software combines GIS analysis and visualization capabilities with an extensive data package so you can gain a better understanding and timely information about your market, your customers, and your competition. Organizations use Business Analyst Desktop to improve decisions about consolidations or expansions, determine the effect of changes in consumer behavior on existing business models, and to explore opportunities driven by economic factors and changes in market place.

LabView Windows, Mac, Linux
LabView
By National Instruments
For Faculty, Staff

Download LabVIEW, the only system design software that provides engineers and scientists with the tools they need to create any measurement and control application. NI LabVIEW system design software is at the center of the National Instruments platform. Providing comprehensive tools that you need to build any measurement or control application in dramatically less time, LabVIEW is the ideal development environment for innovation, discovery, and accelerated results. Combine the power of LabVIEW software with modular, reconfigurable hardware to overcome the ever-increasing complexity involved in delivering measurement and control systems on time and under budget.

For additional information, please refer to: LabView: LSU Overview

Maple Windows, Mac, Linux
Maple
By Maplesoft
For Faculty, Staff

The ultimate productivity tool for solving mathematical problems and creating interactive technical applications. For additional information, please refer to: Maple: LSU Overview.

Approved based on use-case. Faculty/staff utilizing the product should be advised to create output in the most accessible manner possible.

If students are being required to utilize the program, the faculty member should provide information and a point-of-contact in the event a student experiences a barrier due to a disability.

Mathematica for Faculty & Staff
By Wolfram
For Faculty, Staff

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive-document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

For additional information, please refer to: Mathematica: LSU Overview.

If you need the latest software and it is not listed here, please visit your Wolfram User Portal.

If you are running MacOS Mojave or greater you may receive an error message regarding the disk image being "damaged". If so, please see the following link for assistance: Tigerware Downloads are "damaged and can't be opened"

If an employee experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact your supervisor.  

Mathematica for Lab Use Windows, Mac, Linux
Mathematica for Lab Use
By Wolfram
For Select Individuals and Groups

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive-document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

For additional information, please refer to: Mathematica: LSU Overview.

If an employee experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact your supervisor.  If a student experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact Disability Services.

Mathematica for Student Use Windows, Mac, Linux
Mathematica for Student Use
By Wolfram
For Students, Faculty, Staff

From simple calculator operations to large-scale programming and interactive-document preparation, Mathematica is the tool of choice at the frontiers of scientific research, in engineering analysis and modeling, in technical education from high school to graduate school, and wherever quantitative methods are used.

For additional information, please refer to: Mathematica: LSU Overview.

If a student experiences a barrier due to a disability, please contact Disability Services.

MATLAB Windows, Mac, Linux
MATLAB
By MathWorks
For Students, Faculty

MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and programming language. Created by The MathWorks, MATLAB allows easy matrix manipulation, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs in other languages. Although it specializes in numerical computing, an optional toolbox interfaces with the Maple symbolic engine, allowing it to be part of a full computer algebra system.

Students can use the software via VLAB and can download directly via the MatLab website using the following instructions: MatLab: Create a New Account or Sign In

Faculty, Staff, and Students can also access the software in on-campus Public Access Computer labs, in the LSU Library.

For additional information and how to access, see: MatLab: LSU Overview.

Microsoft Office 365
By Microsoft
For Students, Faculty, Staff

To download and install Microsoft Office to your machine please refer to: Office365 ProPlus: LSU Overview.

Office 365 is a productivity suite made available through Microsoft. It includes products such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and many more.

Please see the article below for more information on how to acquire Office:

Microsoft Teams Windows, Mac, Linux
Microsoft Teams
By Microsoft
For Everybody

Microsoft Teams is a robust communication and collaboration tool that includes real time chat and video conferencing, discussion groups and channels, a weekly interactive calendar, the ability to add app tabs such as Planner to your channels, and much more!

To download and install Microsoft Teams to your machine, please refer to: Microsoft Teams: LSU Overview.

SPSS Statistics Windows, Mac, Linux
SPSS Statistics
By IBM
For Faculty, Staff

SPSS is a modular, tightly integrated, full-featured product line for the analytical process-planning, data collecting, data access, data management and preparation, data analysis, reporting, and deployment. The SPSS software is made available under the Louisiana State University license agreement with SPSS.

For additional information, please see: SPSS Statistics: LSU Overview.

Students

Faculty/Staff

The IBM SPSS Statistics 28 desktop software is not supported on Linux operating systems. For more information, see Supported Platforms for IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0 and the latest SPSS Statistics Subscription.

Zoom Windows, Mac, Linux
Zoom
By Zoom Video Communications
For Select Individuals and Groups

Zoom is a full featured video conferencing tool which supports chat, screen sharing, large groups, a meeting calendar, and the ability to add a custom virtual background to your video screen.

To download and install Zoom to your machine, please refer to: Zoom: LSU Overview.