| QuickTime Plug-In | 7.0.4 | (Handles image files, some audio files, some movie files). |
| Windows Media Player | 10 | (for some audio and video files) |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | 7.0.5 | (Handles pdf files - Portable Document Format). |
| Macromedia Shockwave Player | 10.0.1r11 | (multimedia games, learning applications, and product demonstrations). |
| Macromedia Authorware Web Player | 6 | (Provides the capability to use/watch training files) |
| Macromedia Flash Player | 9 | (multimedia content) |
| RealOne Desktop Manager | 1.1 | (handles some audio and video files) |
| AlternaTiffimage viewer | 1.6.3 | (for TIFF images) |
| Express View | 3.0 | (for census images) |
| Scorch Plugin for Grove Music | 4.0.2 build 6 | (for Grove music files) |
| Ipix ActiveX Viewing Sofware | 6.2.05 | (virtual reality) |
| Java 2 Runtime Environment for Internet Explorer | 1.4.2 | (supports Java-based applications) |
Users are not permitted to install new plug-ins on public access workstations. Plug-ins are upgraded twice a year (February and August) as new versions become available.