Becker Medical Library licenses, supports and/or makes available on library computers many different types of commercially available software.
Many titles can be downloaded and installed by Washington University users free of charge under existing license agreements, or licensed for a fee through either WashU IT Software Licensing or Becker Library’s software licensing program.
Several titles are available for in-library use at the Research Pod.
Below is a comprehensive list of titles and where they can be accessed. Click the titles for more information.
| Software Title/Suite | How to Access |
| Adobe Creative Cloud Apps | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| ArcGIS | Becker Library Research Pod (PCs only) or a free download to the WashU community via a University site license |
| ChemOffice Professional | Free download for WashU community via Olin Library licensing – click for details |
| COMPBIO | Web-based, freely available to WashU investigators and their labs courtesy of GTAC@MGI |
| EndNote | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| GraphPad Prism | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase licenses via Becker Library |
| Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) | Web-based, purchase a license via Becker Library |
| JMP Student Edition | Free download for WashU community. More information available at WashU IT Software Licensing |
| LabArchives | Web-based – Sign in at labarchives.com by selecting Washington University in St. Louis from the institution drop-down menu and logging in with your WUSTL Key username and password. Available at no charge to everyone in the Wash U community courtesy of Washington University’s Vice Chancellor for Research and the Chief Information Officer. |
| Lasergene Core Suite | Download, purchase licenses via Becker Library |
| Mathematica | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| MATLAB | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| Microsoft Office | Becker Library Research Pod and any other WashU IT-managed computer |
| OpenSpecimen | Web-based, freely available to WashU investigators and their labs after training |
| Partek Flow | Web-based, purchase a license via Becker Library |
| PyMOL | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase a license via Becker Library |
| Reaxys | Web-based, freely available from any WashU network computer via Becker Library/Olin Library licensing |
| RStudio | Becker Library Research Pod or free, open source version available at RStudio |
| SAS | Becker Library Research Pod (PCs only) or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| SnapGene | Download, purchase licenses via Becker Library |
| SPSS | Becker Library Research Pod or purchase via WashU IT Software Licensing |
| Zotero | Free, open source version available at Zotero |