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Author Benefits From The Tmc Library, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Learn more about Author Benefits from the TMC Library in our OpenAccess Publishing Support LibGuide. Use the QR code on this blog, or go to our LibGuides list on our website and select Open Access Publishing Support.

Journal Of Family Of Strengths Website Re-Designed!, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

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.

For additional information, visit the Library Blog

Five Newly Processed Dentistry Collections, Arthur Fowler

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Five dental collections have been processed and are now available for research at the McGovern Historical Center collection search site.

These collections were processed by Arthur Fowler, while interning at the McGovern Historical Center this summer. These collections are almost 12 cubic feet of material. Materials included books, scrapbooks, papers, ephemera, plaques, and personal items belonging to dental professionals spanning 110 years from 1902 to 2012.

Tmc Library Holiday Hours, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Happy holidays from The TMC Library!

Toxic Medicines Exhibit, Kelsey Koym

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The medicines used for the Toxic Medicines and Toxic Books exhibit were selected based on their historical use to treat various ailments and diseases; however, these treatments are now known today to be quite harmful to human health. It is important to remember that the ideology around how the body works and how to treat disease has greatly changed over the last several centuries.

Also, check the McGovern Historical Collection Blog story written by Kelsey L. Koym, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.

Thanksgiving Library Hours, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Happy Thanksgiving! The TMC Library will be closed November 28th and 29th.

Amazon Locker Now Available: Skate, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

To help you keep your deliveries safe during busy days in the medical center, the TMC Library is excited to host an Amazon Locker named Skate, now available inside the Library. This larger locker can accept a variety of package sizes. Add it as a new address to your account, select the option to “Find an Amazon pickup location near you” and then with the Library’s zip code 77030, select the locker for your delivery. Skate has a screen and does not require the Amazon app to be on your phone for pickup. The locker is available during library …

Dnp Final Project Abstracts In Digital Commons@Tmc, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Since fall of 2024, a new collection, Doctor of Nursing Practice Final Project Abstract has been added to DigitalCommon@TMC, an online repository sponsored by The TMC Library. This collection now has 18 total submissions, many with posters available for download, with 106 total downloads up to date.

Not Even In Your Wildest Dreams: The Realities Of A Forced Weeding Project, Marlene M. Bishop, Rebecca Bealer

Library Faculty Publications

2024 South Central Chapter / Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) Annual Meeting, Dallas, October 25-29, 2024

Academic Commons Annual Report (2023-2024), Elizabeth D'Angel

Annual Reports & Administrative Documents

Contents

• Recap of the Year
• Jefferson Libraries
• Archives & Collections
• Educational Technologies & Instructional Design
• Professional Communication
• Media Services: Audio Visual, Graphics, Photography & Video
• Staff Highlights

Check out the Adobe Express website for the Annual Report 2023-2024.

Give2history: Secure The Past, Sandra Yates

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

2024 Give2History: Adopt a Box in October. What does it mean to Adopt a Box? It cost roughly $50 to preserve the historical materials within a single unprocessed. Your donation provides us enough funds to purchase preservation supplies for this box. That includes a new acid-free archival box and all the folders, buffered paper, and polyester document/photograph preservers needed to preserve the materials in that box.

Radiology Resources Libguide, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Are you looking for radiology resources but you are not sure where to start?

Check out the new Radiology Resources LibGuide. You will find the links to books, journals, databases that include radiology information, as well as links to radiology organizations like the Texas Radiological Society and more.

Digital Commons Exhibits, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

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 exhibit available featuring a few of the following: Historical A/V, Houston’s Fight Against Tuberculosis and Christmas Seals (1911-1980s) and The History of the Texas Medical Center Library: From 1915 to Present.

2024 Book And Author Event, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library invite to the 2024 Book & Author Event featuring Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, PhD author of Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Dr. Ross-Nazzal, winner of the 2023 Liz Carpenter Award for Best Book on the History of Women will challenge perceptions and opens STEM fields—including space medicine—to new generations of women by bringing forth twenty-one engaging interviews conducted for the NASA Oral History Project in this compelling volume.

Avoid Predatory Publishers, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Your paper has been accepted for publication! The next step is to verify the legitimacy of the publisher. Predatory publishers often mimic reputable ones, so it's crucial to do your due diligence. Our library offers resources to help you identify reliable publishers and spot red flags associated with fraudulent ones.

First, check out our LibGuide called: Where To Publish Your Research.

New Interlibrary Loan Platform, Jesse Gonzalez

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library will have a new Interlibrary Loan platform on October 1. New requests will not be accepted in the current system ILLiad after September 23. Download your history and filled ILL requests before September 30. This information will not be migrating to the new platform.

Welcome New And Returning Students, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Discover the TMC Library, check all the library services offered to you.

Can't find what you need? Let us help! We offer Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services to access articles and books not in our collection. Enjoy 15 free ILL requests per year. Additional requests are $15 each. Place all ILL requests online through our website.

Tmc Library Closed For Labor Day, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Please note that the TMC Library will be closed on Monday, September 2nd in observance of Labor Day.

New Resource Nejm Ai, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

We're excited to announce the addition of the New England Journal of Medicine: AI to our collection. This cutting-edge resource provides in-depth coverage of the latest artificial intelligence applications in medicine.

To access NEJM AI, simply search for the title in the library catalog or visit the Find Journals link.

Save The Date: 2024 Book & Author Event, Katie Prentice

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library invite you to save the date for the 2024 Book & Author EVENT featuring Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, PhD author of Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Join us Friday, October8, 20124 at 6:00 pm in the TMC Library. Details and tickets will be available soon: http://library.tmc.edu/friends-event.

Ucf Libraries 2024 Faculty Research Showcase, Michael Furlong, David Benjamin, Renee Cole Montgomery, Chereeka Garner, Andy Todd, Peggy L. Nuhn, Jeanne Piascik, Tina H. Buck, Sara Duff, Sai Deng

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The University of Central Florida (UCF) Libraries’ Faculty Research Showcase has been a tradition of the library to highlight the publications, research projects, and scholarly accomplishments of library faculty members. The 2024 Showcase features seven presentations: "Alas, Babylon Afterword, Centipede Press (1959/2024)", "Throwback to Throwback Thinking: Integrating Archives into Student Engagement Activities", "Recent Research Activity: A Tale of Two Studies", "I Think I Can… I Think I Can…: Lessons in Persistence and Relationships from The Little Engine that Could", "A Hybrid Approach to Library Deaccessioning: A Case Study from the University of Central Florida", "KBART Automation vs Manual …

Looking For Full Text Access At The Tmc Library?, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

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?

Need more help? Please click the Ask A Librarian button to the right.

Open Access Publishing Support, Chad Metz

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Check the recently updated Open Access Publishing Support LibGuide for the most recent information about scholarly publications. This newly revamped LibGuide is a great resource to learn about Read and Publish. Read and Publish is also known as a transformative agreement, it is an open access (OA) model that bundles payment for reading access and payment for publishing into a single contract.

Teaching In Clinics: Open Access Journal In Digital Commons, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Teaching in Clinics is one of the open access, peer-reviewed online academic journals published semiannually in the Digital Commons@TMC. The journal aims to encourage researchers and educators to share their studies for implementing novel teaching methods. In addition to excellence of teaching, Teaching in Clinics seeks to bring academic discussions of the incoming or present challenges in health and education policies. The most recent issue launched late last month.

There Are Thousands Of Stories In The Texas Medical Center (Tmc): Is Yours One Of Them?, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

From its founding in 1945, the TMC has impacted millions of lives, including those of patients, staff and visitors. “Moments in History”, part of the oral history project of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library, strives to capture and preserve those memories and facts for future generations lest they be lost forever.

Please consider sharing some of your time to carry the knowledge of the past into the future.

New Mcgovern Historical Center Collections Website, Sandra Yates

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

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Discover Access Medicine, Access Surgery, Case Files And Ommbid, Joanne Romano

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library subscribes to Access Medicine, Access Surgery, Case Files Collection and the Online Metabolic and Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease (OMMBID). Our suite of McGraw Hill databases includes much more than Ebooks! There are a variety of tools and content for learners at every level. See their new medical Infographics (see samples above), or explore their Study Tools where you can build custom quizzes to test your knowledge in a variety of medical specialties. Visit the TMC Library Blog to explore these tools.

Library Holiday Hours, Beatriz Varman

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

The TMC Library will be closed July 4th in observance of Independence Day. Regular hours resume Friday July 5th.

Textbook And Board Exam Prep Resource Trends In Academic Health Sciences Libraries Serving College Of Osteopathic Medicine Programs Journal Of Electronic Resources In Medical Libraries, Joann Muellenbach, Kyle Robinson, Lori Fitterling, Molly Montgomery, Harold S. Bright Iv

Library Staff Publications

Objective

This study collected and analyzed data on the required and recommended textbooks and board exam prep resources in academic health sciences libraries that serve accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine (COM) programs in the United States.

Methods

The study consisted of locating, compiling, and analyzing data on the required and recommended texts and board exam prep resources through the COM libraries’ public-facing websites.

Results

The investigators compiled the required or recommended texts and the board exam prep resources used within the COM curricula from 38 COM libraries.

Conclusion

The study results provide information for medical school administrators, especially within the …

Friends Of The Tmc Library Cookies & Conversation, Rebecca Denkeler

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

On May 1, 2024, in the Library lobby, the Friends of the TMC Library hosted a special end-of-semester student-focused event, Cookies & Conversation. The Friends invited students to enjoy cookies and sparkling water and shared the Friends’ mission to support the TMC Library. Students also entered a drawing to win a door prize including a ticket to the Fall Book & Author Event and membership in the Friends of the TMC Library. Learn more about joining the Friends of the TMC Library.