Monthly Spotlight

We have a wide variety of types of collections on this site, some of the these include journals, dissertations, thesis. staff publications and book galleries. There is also a wealth of archival materials, digitized by our library staff at McGovern Historical Center. Please check back regularly as the featured highlights update on a monthly basis.

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access) (School of Public Health)

Dissertations posted directly to DigitalCommons@TMC by UTHealth School of Public Health from 2018-current.

Dissertations & Theses (Open Access) (MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School)

Open-access, full-text copies of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences dissertations from 2009 onwards. Topics include all aspects of the biomedical sciences.

Authors who expect to publish do have the option to withhold full text for a limited period of time. When that has been done, the reader will see a release date posted with the abstract.

Older GSBS dissertations (from approximately 1979-1999) are available, in print format only, at McGovern Historical Center. They can be found via OneSearch. Search by subject heading: "Dissertations, Academic--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences" for the full list, click DigitalCommons@TMC, or use the main search box on the left navigation menu section to search for known individual dissertations.

Some older GSBS dissertations are also available online via ProQuest, but full-text access is restricted to TMC academic institutions affiliated with The TMC Library.

Faculty and Staff Publications (Center for Humanities and Ethics)

Open-access full-text journal articles of faculty, staff and students from McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston from 2020-present.

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications (School of Public Health)

Open-access full-text journal articles from students, staff and faculty publishing articles in academic journals, 2003-present.

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications (McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics)

Open-access journal articles of faculty, students and staff from McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston. Some of the focus areas include Clinical and Cognitive Informatics, Biomedical Engineering, Public Health Informatics, and Translational Biomedical Informatics.

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications (School of Dentistry)

Open-Access journal articles from the UTHealth School of Dentistry students and faculty in the Texas Medical Center from 1985 to present.

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications (Baylor College of Medicine)

Baylor College of Medicine is a health sciences university that creates knowledge and applies science and discoveries to further education, healthcare and community service locally and globally. Learn more about our mission, vision and values.

Manuscripts submitted for publication (preprints), peer-reviewed pre-publication articles (postprints), and published articles from the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine are posted here with additional links to supplemental data.

Ranked 20th in the nation, and first in Texas since 2006 for obtaining National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, Baylor College of Medicine received $687 million in total funding from 2,792 sponsored project awards in fiscal year 2023. Baylor operates more than 90 research and patient-care centers and units. BCM also operates more than 27 Advanced Technology Core Laboratories that provide services for studies in areas like metabolomics, proteomics, pathology, and genomics.

History of Medicine Seminar (Center for Humanities and Ethics)

The History of Medicine series originated with the Houston History of Medicine Society. The series has been a collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine, the TMC Library’s McGovern Historical Center, and the McGovern Center for Humanities and Ethics on behalf of McGovern Medical School.

The series is offered to students of both institutions and aims to present important topics in the history of medicine, focusing on relevance to current concepts and practices. Topics vary from the doctor-patient relationship to disease concepts to local medical history to research ethics; lecture subjects change each year.

The objectives for this elective are to:

  1. Acquaint students with history throughout medicine.
  2. Promote student learning about selected historical events and/or figures in medicine.
  3. Promote understanding of the many roots and challenges of modern medicine and practice.

    Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk (Children at Risk)

    ISSN 2155-5834

    The Journal of Applied Research on Children is an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal uniquely focused on the needs of children through a holistic prism. Focused on interdisciplinary research that is linked to practical, evidenced-based policy solutions for children’s issues, JARC serves to inform legislative and policy decisions, as well as existing and innovative practice models.

    Furthermore, JARC aims to serve as a resource to child advocates and community stakeholders by providing case studies on how innovative research and data have been used effectively to influence local, state, or national policies. JARC focuses on timely child-related topics including—but not limited to—human trafficking, food insecurity, and the quality of public education.

    If you have questions about the submission or review process, please contact jarc@childrenatrisk.org for assistance.

    See the new Call for Papers released December 4th, 2023 on Child and Adolescent Suicide Prevention

    Library Class: Lunch & Learn (Texas Medical Center Library)

    We are thrilled to announce a new series designed to elevate the research and health literacy skills of our entire community: Knowledge Boosts. This monthly Lunch & Learn series offers bite-sized, 30-minute virtual sessions, providing essential insights to benefit all students, staff, and faculty at our member institutions.

    Whether you’re a seasoned researcher looking to refine your skills or new to the world of academic inquiry, these sessions are designed to be accessible and impactful. Each month, we will focus on a different critical skill to help you navigate the complexities of health research with greater confidence.

    Library Staff Publications (Texas Medical Center Library)

    The TMC Library staff participate in a variety of professional activities. Included on this page are recent publications, presentations, courses completed, professional service activities, and major library projects.

    Medical World News Publications (Medical World News Photograph Collection)

    This collection includes selected pages from each issue of Medical World News Volumes 1 - 35. Pages include cover page, masthead, table of contents, acknowledgements, and (in most cases) advertisement index. Series give insight into the information published in the magazine from 1960-1994, and the photographs that may exist in the collection.

    For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

    Teaching in Clinics (McGovern Medical School)

    ISSN 2835-2017

    Teaching in Clinics is an open-access, peer-reviewed online academic journal uniquely focused on medical education. Broadly covered topics include both undergraduate (UME) and graduate medical education (GME), andragogy, patient education or psychoeducation, innovations in learning, health and teaching policies, data driven applications of teaching and learning methods, fair opportunity in education, spreading excellence in clinical practice and medical quality education.

    Teaching in Clinics aims to serve as a discussion floor for people from different backgrounds such as education, medicine, sociology, public health and especially psychology of education. If you have questions about the submission or review process, please contact the editor for assistance.

    Call for Articles

    The journal is now accepting articles!

    See the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.

    Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection (Photograph Collections)

    The Texas Healthcare Facilities Postcard Collection consists of three boxes totaling one cubic foot containing postcards from various Texas healthcare facilities labeled A-Z. Many, if not all, postcards have been digitized. Reproductions have also been made on 35mm slides.

    Some of the topics include cities such as Austin, Psychiatric Hospitals and Veteran Hospitals. Check back here for more cities featured. Details of the collection is avaialble via its finding aid.

    For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

    Texas Medical Center Photograph Collection (Photograph Collections)

    The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Photograph Collection contains photographic materials that document the growth and development of the TMC from the 1930s to 1980s. The Texas Medical Center is a comprehensive medical community located south of downtown Houston.

    The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is among the top-ranked cancer hospitals in the country. It was proposed by Horace Wilkins, Col. William Bates, and John H. Freeman, the trustees of the M.D. Anderson Foundation. It was officially incorporated in 1946 and Bertner was appointed president. The Anderson Foundation made grants to Methodist Hospital, Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, a new building for Hermann Hospital, and for a library.

    The Texas Medical Center grew quickly, provided a home for innovators such as heart surgeons Michael DeBakey and Denton Cooley; William Spencer and his work on rehabilitation of paralysis patients; trauma surgeon and medevac pioneer James “Red” Duke; and Nobel Prize-winning pharmacology researcher Ferid Murad. Find out more at Texas Medical Center (TMC) Photograph Collection.

    For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

    Texas Medical Center Video and Audiovisual Recordings: 1973-1991 (Historical A/V from the TMC: 1973-1991)

    In the 1970s, a series of video interviews captured the stories of Texas Medical Center leaders and important visitors. Meanwhile, audio and video had emerged as valuable tools in medical education and community outreach.

    The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Historical Resources Project records contain video oral histories of notable personalities associated with or visiting the TMC. Beginning in 1973, the initial group of interviews focuses on individuals involved in the founding or early days of the TMC. Later “video profiles” also include significant visitors to the TMC.

    Several of these feature national and international figures in cancer research on their visits to Houston. In total the collection features forty-seven unique recordings of interviews with thirty-eight different individuals. All 47 unique recordings have been digitized..

    For additional questions about this collection, contact an archivist at 713-799-7145, 713-799-7165 or mcgovern@library.tmc.edu

    The Texas Heart Institute Journal (The Texas Heart Institute)

    For 50 years, The Texas Heart Institute Journal has been published by The Texas Heart Institute as part of its medical education program. Our continuously published, peer-reviewed journal enjoys a global audience of physicians, scientists, and healthcare professionals who are contributing to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Beginning in 2023, the official name is The Texas Heart Institute Journal.

    Historically, The Journal was printed under the name of Cardiovascular Diseases from 1974 through 1981 (ISSN 0093-3546). The name was changed to Texas Heart Institute Journal in 1982 and was printed through 2013 (ISSN 0730-2347).

    As of July 15, 2023, The Texas Heart Institute Journal is a fully Open Access publication that enables authors to retain copyright under an appropriate Creative Commons license (CC BY or CC BY-NC). This collection showcases a small selection of the journal archive from 2011- 2025. The Texas Heart Institute Journal has ceased in July 2025.

    TMC Library Newsletter (2015-) (TMC Library Newsletters)

    The latest resources to support research

    Current TMC Library news is available on a monthly basis, with features of articles from McGovern Historical Center, Resource Management & Discovery Services and various articles featuring monthly observances related to health topics.

    TMC Library Newsletter is available since 2015- 2016 and 2021-current. No newsletter published between 2017 through 2020.

    For more highlights and latest updates of The TMC Library, visit Library News from the library website.