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Open Access Publishing – Fee Waivers and Discounts

Open access (OA) refers to freely available, digital, online information. Open access scholarly literature is free of charge and often carries less restrictive copyright and licensing barriers than traditionally published works, for both the users and the authors. The Texas Medical Center Library is exploring available licensing options that provide our local authors financial support to… Continue Reading Open Access Publishing – Fee Waivers and Discounts […]

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New Photo Collections on DigitalCommons@TMC

New Photo Collections

When was the last time you have visited Digital Commons @ TMC, an online repository sponsored by The TMC Library? Since this past fall, there are now more than 10k items on this online repository, viewed by 165+ countries, with 30k+ downloads monthly. There has been lots of new photo collections available added to this… Continue Reading New Photo Collections on DigitalCommons@TMC […]

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PubMed use at the TMC Library — over 300,000 article downloads in last 12 months

  PubMed is known as a critical repository for healthcare and other professionals seeking medical research articles. Ever wondered how much our TMC Library users rely on PubMed for article discovery and access? In the last 12 months, our users downloaded 303,882 articles from PubMed, via our library’s PubMed account. The ten most popular journals,… Continue Reading PubMed use at the TMC Library — over 300,000 article downloads in last 12 months […]

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Digital Commons@TMC Reached 1.85 Million Total Downloads

Did you know Digital Commons @ TMC is an online repository sponsored by The TMC Library with a growing collection that preserves and dedicated to preserve works produced by faculty, scientists and students at TMC institutions? Some of these examples include presentations, dissertations and theses, student projects, teaching materials, data sets, images, video/audio files may… Continue Reading Digital Commons@TMC Reached 1.85 Million Total Downloads […]

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Digital Commons@TMC Sept 2022-Aug 2023 Report

Digital Commons exhibits, ranging from history of The TMC Library, historical A/V and other topics.

Digital Commons@TMC experienced a busy year with 702 new articles, images, dissertations, and audio-visual materials submissions (255% increase from 2022), bringing the total count to 8,338 articles in the online repository. 205,552 total downloads were recorded with an average of 58.5 submissions added per month, viewed monthly by 7066 institutions and 210 countries (up 5.5%… Continue Reading Digital Commons@TMC Sept 2022-Aug 2023 Report […]

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StatPearls — custom-built and standardized tests to refine your skills

  With more than 100,000 multiple choice questions with teaching points, covering 550+ specialties, the StatPearls Q-Banks prepare students for their exams while in school, Licensing Exams, Board Exams, and Specialty Certifications.  Build your own custom exam from the Q-banks, or tap into a wide of range of standardized tests including: USMLE Step 1 USMLE… Continue Reading StatPearls — custom-built and standardized tests to refine your skills […]

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ExamMaster – Sharpen Your Step 1 Skills 

Try TMC Library’s test preparation database, Exam Master , to  prepare yourself for the board exam (and other professional licensing exams). Includes MOC, CME, NAPLEX, NCLEX-PN, NCLEX-RN, USMLE and more! Exam Master organizes board questions into question banks in a way that is similar to the actual board exam. After creating a personal account (students… Continue Reading ExamMaster – Sharpen Your Step 1 Skills  […]

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Find More Resources from the TMC Library – Explore Databases in the A to Z list!

  To explore the Library’s extensive A to Z list of databases and websites, go to “Find Books and Collections” in our top menu, or under our Core Resources, click on “More Databases”.   You can search the list by subject, database type or most popular. Our Library provides a wide variety of resources from publishers, Texas state… Continue Reading Find More Resources from the TMC Library – Explore Databases in the A to Z list! […]

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100+ Years of Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center Library: A Scrolling Exhibition

Texas Medical Center Library Exhibit Page Homepage

Did you know Digital Commons @ TMC is an online repository sponsored by The TMC Library with a growing collection that preserves and dedicated to preserve works produced by faculty, scientists and students at TMC institutions? One of the features it has is exhibits, where you would get to view, experience and download the images,… Continue Reading 100+ Years of Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center Library: A Scrolling Exhibition […]

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