Universities that bust paywalls?

[kanzure]

So, I [Only registered users see links. ] on the sorts of schools that I would like to apply to since it is just about time for me. Originally, I started with the list of 50 schools that had MD/PhD programs as sponsored by NIH, and then narrowed it down to those schools that had good chemical and computer engineering programs, or maybe experimental physics, etc.

However, recently I have found that I would much rather find those universities that bust paywalls. The importance of universities is not only the social environment wherein professors and other experts and peers can be contacted, but the library. These libraries with thousands of journals and tens of thousands of archived subscriptions are really awesomely important. Not to mention the online databases.

What schools are focused on busting these paywalls, like EBSCO, Science Direct, ACS, JSTOR, and all of the many other databases that Google Scholar crawls? What university libraries are the most well funded? Which schools are focused on providing information to their students, rather than enforcing nasty copyright violation policies? Not everything can be accessed through the Interlibrary Exchange after all, right?

BTW, this is a massive cross post, so check out [Only registered users see links. ] on all of the other forums.

- Bryan

[khenwood]

Hi Kanzure. I believe I replied to one of your posts on a different forum this morning.

[danfive]

Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston.

[danfive]

Originally Posted by danfive

Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston.

I noticed Cornell on your webpage, Cornell has a joint program with Methodist Hospital in Houston (for now), this may end though. It too is a very respected program. BCM can get you an MD/PhD, or you can try to get a PhD from Rice Univ which is across the street from the Medical Center, literally. UT Med School is also right here, but it isn't very prestigious.

[kanzure]

Hi Kanzure. I believe I replied to one of your posts on a different forum this morning.

Hey there! Imagine seeing you here ... guess we have some similar tastes in forums.

I noticed Cornell on your webpage, Cornell has a joint program with Methodist Hospital in Houston (for now), this may end though. It too is a very respected program. BCM can get you an MD/PhD, or you can try to get a PhD from Rice Univ which is across the street from the Medical Center, literally. UT Med School is also right here, but it isn't very prestigious.

The UT Med School looks rather lengthy/complicated- there are apparently three schools (UT Austin, some school in Houston, and then one in Galveston) that medical students go through.

- Bryan

[danfive]

UT is a huge system--think UC system. UT medical school in Houston will be the one main med school campus, affiliated with Hermann Memorial Hospital, the old county hospital (forgot the name). Out of all Texas, I would say that only Baylor College of Medicine is in the first tier nationwide.