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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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Changes to Digital Commons Author Dashboards

Changes to Digital Commons Author Dashboards
Posted on by Alice Sherwood

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,… Continue Reading Changes to Digital Commons Author Dashboards […]

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DigitalCommons@TMC Has Reached Milestone of 2 Million Total Downloads

Breaking news, DigitalCommons@TMC Has Reached 2 Million Tootal Downloads
Posted on by Alice Sherwood

DigitalCommons@TMC has reached milestone of 2,000,005 total downloads today, with a collection of 14,685 items in total, viewed by 227 countries worldwide by 29,933 institutions. When was last time that you visited the DigitalCommons@TMC site? DigitalCommons@TMC, a continuously growing collection shares, publishes and preserves works produced by faculty, scientists and students at TMC institutions. Many… Continue Reading DigitalCommons@TMC Has Reached Milestone of 2 Million Total Downloads […]

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New Digital Commons@TMC Site Design!

Digital Commons@TMC New Site Design
Posted on by Alice Sherwood

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… Continue Reading New Digital Commons@TMC Site Design! […]

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Open Access Publishing – Fee Waivers and Discounts

Posted on by Joanne Romano

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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