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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 […]

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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, […]

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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% […]

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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 […]

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Welcome New and Returning Students

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Do you need help refining your research question or developing a search strategy? Do you have an assignment that requires searching the library databases, but you are not sure where to start? We are here to help. Contact the Liaison Librarians to schedule an appointment for a consultation. Did you know the library can get […]

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SAGE Open Access

  Expand the global reach of your research with open access publishing discounts from SAGE. Through TMC Library’s SAGE subscription, users can make their research fully open (Gold Access) or open through subscription access (Hybrid Access). For more information on making your research open access, see our Scholarly Publishing LibGuide.   […]

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