Computer Related Help

Software, hardware, web, email, computing accounts...

Student Help Desk
895-0761
Email: studenthelp@unlv.edu

Faculty Help Desk
895-0777
Email: ithelp@unlv.edu

 

Web Links & Information

Faculty/Staff
•Apply for a Faculty Web Account
•Apply for a Department Web Account
•Update Information on an Existing Web Account

Students
•Apply for a Computing Account
•Website Publishing Instructions

Web Publishing Software
•Download SSH Secure FTP (Free!)
•SSH Secure FTP Quick Start Instructions

•Dreamweaver 30-day Trial Download
   •Dreamweaver Tutorials

 

Graphics Links & Information

•Adobe Illustrator Product Information

•Illustrator 30-day Trial Download
      •Illustrator Tutorials

•Adobe Product User Forums

 

GIS Information

•ESRI Website: Learn more about GIS

•GIS Informational Slideshow (.ppt)

•GIS Video: Layers of our World  (.mpg)

 

GIS Data Links

•USGS Seamless Data Distribution

•UNR Keck Library

•Virtual Clearinghouse for Nevada Geographic Information:
Links to organizations that provide geographic information
and GIS coverages for the state of Nevada.

Clark County GIS Management Office (GISMO)
Download various GIS datasets for Clark County, Nevada

•GIS Data Depot

•Geography Network

 

Other Resources

•Google Earth: Download for Free!

•Map Quest: Find Maps and Driving  Directions for any Location

•USGS Geology: Resources, Hazards,  Landscape, Geologic Mapping...

•Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

•Coordinate Conversions: Find UTM or  Township and Range coordinates from  Latitude and Longitude, or vice versa.  Also provides data for the specified  location such as elevation, aspect, state,  county, and names of the 7.5 minute  topographic maps for the area.

•Reference Guide to GMT (Generic  Mapping Tools)