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The University
of Texas-Houston Health Science Center (UT-Houston)
is a biomedical academic institution located within the Texas
Medical Center in Houston. One of the largest medical
facilities of its kind in the world, the Texas Medical
Center
consists of forty-one academic/research institutes and hospitals,
providing unsurpassed opportunities to conduct basic,
applied,
and clinical research. UT-Houston is a major part of the
Texas Medical Center consisting of several components:
the Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences, the Medical
School, the Dental
Branch, the School
of Public Health, the School
of Nursing, the School
of Health Information Sciences and the Brown
Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine.
TMC
Library
The
Houston Academy of Medicine –Texas
Medical Center Library is the central library supported
by a consortium of over twenty institutions. Its size ranks
in the top ten percent of medical school libraries in the
United States, housing over 200,000 monographs and journal
volumes with over 3,200 current journal subscriptions and
3,600 audiovisual aids. Graduate students and other trainees
have borrowing privileges at this library and a variety
of specialized libraries within the Texas Medical Center
and other nearby institutions. Computer
Facilities
Extensive
computer facilities are available within the Texas Medical
Center. Students and trainees have access to mainframe computers
on campus and to the University of Texas super computers
in Austin. In addition, access is provided to a broad array
of information and services on the Internet through local
computer connections in individual laboratories. The
Office of Academic Computing maintains and upgrades
the local area network and provides support for network
users. Student
Facilities
Student
and trainee services are also available as part of UT-Houston.
Two attractive housing
complexes featuring 1-3 bedroom apartments and a
day-care facility are located near the Texas Medical
Center.
Well-equipped recreation
facilities are also available, boasting two swimming
pools, softball diamonds, tennis, basketball, squash
and
racquetball courts, and the latest in exercise equipment.
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