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

Digital Commons Exhibits Page
Posted on by Alice Sherwood

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… Continue Reading The TMC Library Digital Commons Exhibits Featured on Elsevier’s Products […]

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Medical Society Titles provided by the TMC Library and Elsevier

Posted on by Chad Metz

  We offer prestigious medical society titles acquired by Elsevier and licensed by the TMC Library (now available in one collection).   The Library pays Elsevier additional fees — outside of our usual Science Direct package fees– to provide our users access to these flagship titles:   American Journal of Transplantation  Blood British Journal of Anesthesia… Continue Reading Medical Society Titles provided by the TMC Library and Elsevier […]

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Explore Databases in the A to Z list!

Posted on by Chad Metz

Our Library provides a wide variety of resources from publishers, Texas state programs, federal agencies, non-profit organizations, and other reliable information sources. 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… Continue Reading Explore Databases in the A to Z list! […]

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Accessing Full Text at the TMC Library

Posted on by Joanne Romano

The TMC Library provides access to over 70,000 online journals,  over a million ebooks and over 300 databases. We have subscription and freely available resources for students, faculty, researchers, clinicians, administrative assistants, and others seeking authoritative health/medical content. Need help figuring out how to get to the full text? Please see our YouTube video, Getting… Continue Reading Accessing Full Text at the TMC Library […]

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New at the TMC Library: Books and DVDs from Harris County Public Library

Posted on by Joanne Romano

The TMC Library is happy to announce that a collection of books and DVDs from the Harris County Public Library has returned to our building. The TMC Library has partnered with Harris County Public Library since 2011, serving as a community outpost with books and DVDs plus offering hold pickup and return. The book collection… Continue Reading New at the TMC Library: Books and DVDs from Harris County Public Library […]

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Katie Prentice Appointed Executive Director of TMC Library

TMC Library Building Outside
Posted on by Beatriz Varman

Katherine A. Prentice (Katie) has been appointed Executive Director of the TMC Library effective December 7, 2020.  She replaces Debbie Sibley, Executive Director since August 2017. Prentice, a native Texan, comes to Houston from the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa where she was the Associate Director of the Schusterman Library and an Associate Professor. She was… Continue Reading Katie Prentice Appointed Executive Director of TMC Library […]

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