Software, Hardware & Service Desk Support
SPS Service Desk Support Center
SPS Service Desk Support Center is available for Faculty, Students and Staff for daily IT needs. The Service Desk provides assistance with NetID affiliated systems such as Canvas, NU Validate, etc.
Service Desk Hours:
- In person Hours: 9 am-8:30 pm Central Time, Monday to Thursday
- In person Hours: 9 am-4 pm Central Time, Friday
- Open a ticket 24/7 Email: sps-it@northwestern.edu or call 312-503-3333.
Minimum System Requirements
Click here to view Minimum System Requirements
Data Structure For The Capstone Case
Web-Conferencing Options
Student Tools and Software
- Available Software for Faculty, Staff and Students: https://www.it.northwestern.edu/software/
- Webmail: https://www.northwestern.edu/webmail/
- FREE APA or MLS formatting generator: www.bibme.org
- LinkedIn Learning (online training): Northwestern LinkedIn Learning
- Google Scholar: scholar.google.com
Databases and Software Languages
- Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming.
- Quest replaced Social Science Computing Cluster as of March 30, 2018. Instructors are responsible for managing the allocation and student use of Quest.
- R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics that is supported by the R Foundation for Statistical Computing.