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Digital Commons Classic Dashboard Retiring in May

Classic Author Dashboard on Digital Commons Retires May 14th, 2026

As part of our move toward modernization across Digital Commons, its “Classic Dashboard” will be retired officially on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Per a previous blog post, Updated Author Dashboards Available on Digital Commons, the new refreshed dashboard provides a cleaner, more modern design with improved usability and a clearer summary view that brings your […]

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DigitalCommons@TMC Celebrates 4 Million Total Downloads!

4 Million Downloads Reached by Digital Commons@TMC

On April 5th, 2005, the first article was deposited in Digital Commons@TMC. Since then, 44.1k items have been deposited into this institutional repository. On average, DigitalCommons@TMC is viewed on average by 185+ countries, 3200+ institutions, 185k downloads monthly. Also, did I mention there are also streaming audio visual materials hosted on DigitalCommons@TMC, with more than […]

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Updated Author Dashboards Available on Digital Commons

Updated Author Dashboard on Digital Commons

Digital Commons has updated its author dashboard. This refreshed dashboard introduces a cleaner, more modern design with improved usability and a clearer summary view that brings your most important snapshots and usage front and center. You’ll notice streamlined navigation, simplified visuals, and an intuitive layout that helps you move easily from high-level insights to deeper […]

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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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Accessing Full Text at the TMC Library

Open book with medical icons in blue

The TMC Library provides access to over 70,000 online journals, over a million ebooks and over 300 databases.  Need help accessing full text articles and ebook chapters?   Please see our YouTube video, Getting to Full Text for easy instructions.   Also try LibKey Nomad to give you faster access to PDFs.  Add the extension […]

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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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