Category Archives: Library Services

Join in the Celebration!

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October is both National Medical Librarians Month and American Archives Month, so we invite you to join us for the following special events.

Library Open House
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Drop in to the Library for National Medical Librarians Month and explore library services, meet the team, and discover resources designed to support your clinical, educational, and research goals.

Archives Open House
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For American Archives Month, the Archives will show off the Rare Book Room and the stacks where all materials are housed, and highlights from the collections will be on display in our archives workroom.

New APC Journal Search Database

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The Library is pleased to announce a faster way of determining which journals have waivers or discounts. Introducing the APC Journal Search Database, which is now available in the Article Processing Charges (APCs) Guide. (Please note: UT Southwestern authentication is required to use the database.)

The system allows you to search by journal or publisher. You can also search for keywords in a journal title like “Neurology”. The search results will display the Journal Title, Publisher, Open Access Model, and Discount Value. “Full” means the APC is fully covered.

The Power of Nurses!

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Every day, nurses make a real difference. Whether at the patient’s bedside, surgical suite, or clinic, your skill, compassion, and dedication to high-quality care help create a safer and more healing environment.

 

The Library staff celebrate you this week and every day—thank you for all that you do!  Take a moment to explore popular Library nursing-focused resources designed to support patient care, research, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and professional growth.

Stop by the Library’s table at the 2026 UTSW Education & Resource Day, pick up a badge buddy, fun stickers, and register for Library SWAG!

Celebrating National Library Week, April 19 – 25

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Beyond providing access to 400+ databases, 29,000+ e‑journals, and 700,000+ e‑books, we’re here to support your work in countless ways.

Reach out to us anytime if you need…

The Library is here to make your work easier—just ask! Use the Ask Us form or call 214-648-2001 Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Library APC agreements save campus more than $1 million

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Publication data from calendar year 2025 has been gathered from the Library’s open access publishing agreements, and UT Southwestern authors saved more than $1 million in article processing charges (APCs) during the year.

The Library’s agreements allow UTSW corresponding authors to publish articles as open access either at no charge through an APC waiver or with a 10-15% APC discount. In 2025, the total value of APC waivers or discounts from the top 10 publishers equaled $1,026,561. The 2024 total of APC waivers and discounts was $738,788.50, so the 2025 total represents an overall 39% increase.

The Library has recently added three new 2026 agreements: JAMA Network, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Springer Nature. (Please note: the JAMA agreement excludes JAMA, and the Springer agreement includes neither the Nature journal portfolio nor Springer’s fully open access journals.) Please refer to the Library’s APC Guide for more information about our current agreements.

EndNote 2025 has arrived!

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EndNote 2025 is now available for download. Go to the EndNote Guide for links and instructions.

The 2025 edition features a new AI component called “Key Takeaways”, which extracts and summarizes important insights from articles and PDFs. Additional features include:

  • Find a Journal
  • Cite from a PDF
  • Summary Panel Redesign
  • Web of Science Citing Articles and Related Records
  • Find Reference Updates and Find Full Text Improvements
  • Sync Process Visibility
  • Option to Use En Dashes for Pages and Date Ranges
  • Library Details in Library Status Window
  • Updates to the Edit Tab

To find out more about the additional features, go to Clarivate’s EndNote 2025 Key Features post.

Is a reference manager by any other name just as sweet? (EndNote vs. Zotero)

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Because many people have used Zotero while at their previous institutions, the Library is providing a new class that compares EndNote with Zotero. This class is intended to help those who are familiar with Zotero but would like to learn about the differences and similarities between the platforms.

The class will be held virtually on Tuesday, April 15, at 12 p.m., and registration is required. (Note: If you are interested in this training but can’t attend, please register anyway, and we will send you a link to the recording.)

Attention, researchers! Evidence Synthesis Essentials: A Three-Part Instructional Series 

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Are you considering undertaking a systematic review or another type of evidence synthesis, but you do not know where to start? Are you currently working on a review and need a refresher? If so, your Library is here to help.

The Library’s instruction team has adapted the single “Introduction to Systematic Reviews” session into a more digestible series this spring. This 3-part series will guide you through the entire evidence synthesis process: from PICO question formulation and protocol development to systematic searching techniques to data extraction and synthesis. We will highlight databases and tools to assist you and streamline your project.  

If you are interested, click on the links below to register for individual sessions. If you cannot attend the sessions, you can still register so that you will receive the recordings.

Evidence Synthesis Essentials, Part 1: From PICO to Protocol

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

1 – 2 p.m.

Evidence Synthesis Essentials, Part 2: Systematic Searching Techniques

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

1 – 2 p.m.

Evidence Synthesis Essentials, Part 3: Screening, Extracting, and Synthesis

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

1 – 2 p.m.

Favorite Library “stocking stuffers”

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Don’t forget your favorite stocking stuffers from the Library:

·    Access the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review or Fortune for free with our institutional subscriptions.

·    BrowZine is an app for Apple or Android smart phones and devices that helps you flip through the scholarly electronic journals available through UT Southwestern Medical Center.

·    LibKey Nomad brings the Library’s journal holdings to wherever you are searching, both on- and off-campus.

·    Read & Publish Agreements demonstrate how the Library supports open access publishing. Participating publishers include Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Sage Premier, Wiley, and many more.

·    Upgrade to EndNote 21 to help manage bibliographic citations.

·    Brush up on your research skills and sign up for a class.