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Digital Commons@TMC Celebrates 20th Anniversary

On April 5th, 2005, the 1st article was deposited in Digital Commons@TMC. Since then, 34k+ items have been deposited, including dissertations/theses and projects, archival materials and also the platform to host 7 peer-reviewed academic journals. This institutional repository now having close to 2.5 million downloads viewed by 230 countries, 10k institutions since its first download.

On April 5th, 2005, the first article was deposited in Digital Commons@TMC. Since then, 34k+ items have been deposited, including dissertations/theses and projects, library archival materials from John P. McGovern Historical Collections & Research Center and also the platform to host 7 open access peer-reviewed academic journals. This institutional repository reached its 2 million milestone […]

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Journal of Family of Strengths Website Re-Designed!

Journal of Family Strengths Redesigned

The Journal of Family Strengths (JFS), formerly Family Preservation Journal, is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal produced by CHILDREN AT RISK in partnership with the Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center – Prairie View A&M University and The TMC Library. With more than 350 total papers since 1995, this journal has just gone through a […]

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Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Project Abstract Available on Digital Commons@TMC

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects on Digital Commons Reached 100 Downloads

UTHealth Cizik School of Nursing’s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program prepares clinical scholars recognized for outstanding leadership and innovation to apply their talents and expertise to delivery of evidence-based patient- and population-centered care that improves systems of care and positively influences patient outcomes. Since fall of 2024, a new collection, Doctor of Nursing Practice […]

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The TMC Library Digital Commons Exhibits Featured on Elsevier’s Products

Digital Commons Exhibits Page

Elsevier has recently highlighted The TMC Library’s Digital Commons Exhibits as one of their “Current DC Exhibit Customers” featured on their Digital Commons Exhibits page. Since 2023, The TMC Library started to add Digital Commons Exhibits to this online collection available to users worldwide. Currently there are 8 regular exhibits, as well as a scrolling […]

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2023 Oral History Project

Oral History Project 2023, find out more at https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/interviews_2023/

Did you know that we have oral histories available at The TMC Library? Thanks to Friends of The TMC Library organizing and funding a new multi-year Texas Medical Center oral history project started in 2023, the first set of oral history project with transcripts are now available on Digital Commons@TMC. Nominations are open for future […]

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Changes to Digital Commons Author Dashboards

Changes to Digital Commons Author Dashboards

Did you know that DigitalCommons@TMC site gets visits and downloads from 150+ countries around the world? If you have contributed thesis and dissertations, or submitted to Open Journals in the past, maps shown on these dashboards have changed from Google Maps to now Bing Maps. To provide better service to the growing, and increasingly international, […]

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New Digital Commons@TMC Site Design!

Digital Commons@TMC New Site Design

When was the last time that you visited the DigitalCommons@TMC site? If you haven’t yet, make sure you get a chance to check it out! The new design now matches the design of the main library website, and the labels “Peer-reviewed and Journal Series” have been changed to “Open Journals“. Additionally, the new designed site […]

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