These reviews compare and contrast a selection of scientific software tools. Many of the tools are designed to perform the same, or similar, functions – others differ in their design or intended use, and are unique in the functions they perform.

21 October 1999
Statistical software readers for the visually impaired
These three articles review how customised software attempts to overcome the difficulties encountered by the visually impairied when they use conventional computing interfaces engineered for the sighted.

29 July 1999
Reference Managers
We have come a long way, fortunately, since the days when 'bibliographic citation management' amounted to anxious graduate students shuffling decks of grubby index cards. These reviews of eight new packages shows just how far.