Links
Recommended resources for veterinary and animal science

Software

This page provides links to free software resources used for accessing information on the World Wide Web, and to major software libraries. Specific software required when accessing some of the resources described on the VEIN Links pages are included.

Players, Viewers and Plug-Ins

• Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading .pdf files
• Apple Quicktime Player
• ICQ, chat program
• Macromedia Flash Player
• Macromedia Shockwave Player
• MDL Chime a chemical structure visualisation plug-in for Windows and Macintosh.
• Real Player for RealAudio, RealVideo, SMIL, MP3, Liquid Audio, .avi, .wav, .mpeg, .midi, .au and others. For more information check the pages linked to the free "RealPlayer basic".
• VRML plugins for a variety of operating systems

Browsers

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Netscape Communicator and Navigator

File Compression, Decompression and Conversion

• DocMorph, from the National Library of Medicine, USA, converts files to .pdf and uses optical character recognition (OCR) to convert your images to text. it is necessary to register for free access.
• WinZip Evaluation version

Software Libraries

• CNET Download.com
• Tucows
• ZDNet

Virus Warnings and Hoaxes

• F-Secure: Computer Virus Info Center
• F-Secure: Security Information Center: Hoax Warnings
• HoaxBusters from the Computer Incident Advisory Center (CIAC), US Department of Energy.