There are various ways to access Specify other than from the thick client on your Windows box, though that version normally provides the most power.
Specify 7 web interface. Requires NPL login. Almost as useful an interface as the thick client in the lab. The query creation is more cumbersome, but otherwise it seems good.
Web Portal to DB. May include images. Download button not working due to UT networking restrictions.
Dissertations and theses - Some of these we still need to look up in the Geology Library. Note that many of these can be found in UT Scholarworks. Many, along with some other useful UT publications, have already been downloaded into the following