Project MUSE

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Project MUSE® is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to over 400 high quality humanities, arts and social sciences journals from nearly 100 not-for-profit and scholarly publishers.

The Project MUSE complete collection offers a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities, arts and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies.

The following collections are available in 2012:

  • Premium Collection
  • Standard Collection
  • Basic Research Collection
  • Basic College Collection
  • Humanities Collection
  • Social Sciences Collection

Trials

A Project MUSE trial may be run at any time. Please visit the Project MUSE website and complete the trial order form if you would like to run a trial.

Minitex Pricing

Please direct all pricing questions to Minitex.

All libraries subscribing through Minitex are eligible for a 10% discount off Project MUSE list prices.

Members of participating consortia or library networks may choose from six Project MUSE online journal packages offered for the 2012 calendar year subscription term:

  • Premium Collection
  • Standard Collection
  • Basic Research Collection
  • Basic College Collection
  • Humanities Collection
  • Social Sciences Collection

You can use the Collection Comparison Charts to see which journals are included in each of the six collections, or to compare collections when making a subscription decision. You can also create a customized list of the journals in Project MUSE by Collection including data such as URL, electronic and print ISSN, date coverage, and publisher information.

Pricing levels for U.S. academic libraries are divided into five pricing "tiers" based on type of institution as defined by the Carnegie Classification and four "quartiles" based on usage. Usage is defined by the number of full-text downloads per institution during a calendar year, and quartiles are determined by comparing usage levels among institutions in the same tier. The usage quartiles will be recalculated annually.

Project MUSE will notify by email, no later than August, any subscribers experiencing a change in their usage quartile for the upcoming year's price. All new customers are considered to be in "Quartile 1" until an entire calendar year's worth of usage statistics is available.

License Agreements (Terms & Conditions)

Information on the Project MUSE Institutional Subscriber Licensing Agreement can be found here:

Any questions about the license, including requests for changes, should be directed to muse@press.jhu.edu.

How to Order or Renew

Please note the following:

  • The Minitex group subscription period is from January 1 to December 31. Your library may subscribe at any time with a prorated price to conclude on December 31, at which time you will join in the group subscription period if you wish to renew.
  • All subscribers, new or renewing, must fully complete the below linked order form.
  • After placing an order, you will be automatically subscribed to a Minitex listserv for this product in order to receive product news, updates and renewal information.

Order Forms

Order forms must be received by Minitex no later than September 30, 2011 for the January 1, 2012 start date.

To pay by credit card, please complete the credit card authorization form and fax it along with the order form to our secure fax line at 612-626-5380.

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