6. Help & additional resources
Help & support
You can get help with using PRIMER 8 software and diving deeper into your analyses in a variety of ways:
Learn the software
- Get context-specific help inside the software itself (click Help > View Help...).
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Go to PRIMER-e's Learning Hub (click Help > PRIMER-e Learning Hub...) to access extensive manuals and books (like this one!), that include a host of worked examples.
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Attend one of our international courses in multivariate analysis. Details of upcoming courses, offered both online and in person around the world, are always published on our website: https://www.primer-e.com.
Get advice on your analysis
- Contact our statistical consulting team to ask a specific question or get tailored advice, using PRIMER with PERMANOVA+ and other statistical software tools.
Contact us
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If you have questions about licensing, subscriptions, or any other general enquiries, check out the Support page on our website. If you can't find the answer to your question there, contact our admin team at: primer@primer-e.com.
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Please report any bugs or technical problems to: tech@primer-e.com.
Further reading
This guide is fairly succinct and is designed to get you rather quickly up and running with PRIMER 8 software. For detailed information about all of the new features in PRIMER 8 with PERMANOVA+, check out the following key resource:
- Anderson, M.J. (2026). "What's New in PRIMER 8." PRIMER-e Learning Hub. PRIMER-e, Auckland, New Zealand.
For additional details regarding the methods and tools available in the software produced by PRIMER-e, please consult the following historical books and manuals, available in the PRIMER-e Learning Hub:
- Clarke KR, Gorley RN, Somerfield PJ & Warwick RM. (2014). "Change in Marine Communities, 3rd edition." PRIMER-E Ltd: Plymouth, UK.
- Clarke KR & Gorley RN. (2015). "PRIMER v7: User Manual / Tutorial." PRIMER-E Ltd: Plymouth, UK.
- Anderson MJ, Gorley RN & Clarke KR. (2008). "PERMANOVA+ for PRIMER: Guide to Software and Statistical Methods." PRIMER-E Ltd: Plymouth, UK.