What are the advantages for a scholar who includes his/her work in DigitalCommons@ The Texas Medical Center?
Allowing your scholarly materials to be stored and distributed via DigitalCommons@ TMC will provide greater dissemination of your research than traditional journals or personal websites can. DigitalCommons@ TMC provides your work with a persistent web link that will remain constant and allow anyone worldwide access over the Internet. DigitalCommons@ TMC is also ideal for archiving and publishing multimedia formats that are not suitable for traditional publication methods. DigitalCommons@ TMC, while holding a non-exclusive license to allow your work to be accessed, allows you to retain copyright to your own intellectual property.
