Introduction to Project MUSE
What is Project MUSE?
Project MUSE is an online collection of over 400 journal titles in the humanities and social sciences from nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers. MUSE is the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE journals cover many fields of study including literature, history, politics and policy studies, economics, education, film, religion and women's studies.
What you'll find in MUSE:
- 100% Full-text articles from scholarly journals
- Entire contents of journals
- Reviews (books, performance, art, music, etc.)
- Fiction and poetry
- Illustrations and photographs within the full text
- Articles in both HTML and PDF formats
- Editorial and submission information for the journals
Features and Functionality
Researchers can access MUSE from any computer in the campus-wide network or off campus via the library's remote access server.
Browse full journal content:
- Browse by title or discipline
- View complete Tables of Contents issue by issue
- Article entries include Library of Congress subject headings and links to full text
- MUSE posts journal issues online often before libraries receive them in print
Link to MUSE from other electronic resources
- Search MUSE articles using Google and Google Scholar
- MUSE links to familiar indexing/abstracting or gateway services
- MUSE is a member of CrossRef — a multi-publisher citation linking system
- MUSE links with JSTOR to allow searching the full digital run of several core journals from one interface
Manage your search results
- E-mail full-text article links to yourself and others
- Export citations directly to EndNote or RefWorks
- Download or print results in text-only format
New Journal Issue Notification
There are two methods for gaining instant notification when new issues of your favorite journals are released or when new journal titles in all subjects are added to MUSE.
RSS Feeds
Subscribe to RSS feeds to receive instant notification when new issues are released, or when new journal titles are added to MUSE.
Both the RSS feeds and email Alerts include links to Tables of Contents of journal issues and provide easy access to full-text journal content. Additional feeds and alerts may be added, so users are encouraged to check the sites periodically.
Email Alerts
Receive an e-mail when new issues of your favorite journals are released or when new journal titles are added to MUSE.
Disciplines Included in MUSE
Project MUSE journals encompass a wide range of study. To view journal titles in each discipline, browse a list of Journals by Disclipline.
- African American and African Diaspora Studies
- African Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Art and Architecture
- Asian Studies
- Book History and Print Culture
- Business and Society
- Canadian Studies
- Caribbean Studies
- Classics
- Cultural Studies
- Economics
- Education
- Film, Theater, and Performing Arts
- Folklore
- French Studies
- Gay and Lesbian Studies
- Geography
- German Studies
- History
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
- Iberian Studies
- International Relations
- Irish Studies
- Judaic Studies
- Language and Linguistics
- Latin American Studies
- Law
- Library Science and Publishing
- Literary Magazines
- Literature
- Mathematics
- Medicine and Health
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Middle East Studies
- Music
- Native American and Indigenous Studies
- Pacific Studies
- Philosophy
- Philosophy and Science
- Politics and Policy Studies
- Population Studies
- Psychology and Psychiatry
- Religion
- Science
- Sexuality
- Sociology
- Women's Studies