2007 MUSE E-Newsletter Archive
November
- Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:25:02 -0500 (EST) - Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
July
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:37:13 -0500 (EST) - Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
March
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:31:53 -0500 (EST) - Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
November 19, 2007
From: enews@muse.jhu.edu
Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
Issue 3 - November 2007
Welcome to the third issue of The MUSE Letter. This quarterly newsletter provides a summary of what's new at MUSE including new journals added online each quarter, tools for using MUSE effectively, conferences where MUSE staff will be available to meet with you, selected search activity, and new subscribers and consortium partners. We welcome your comments about and suggestions for the newsletter as it evolves into what we hope is a useful tool for all those working with and using Project MUSE.
1. Content Update
2. Tools & Tips
3. 2008 Title Information
4. MUSE at Conferences
5. New Subscribers and Consortium Partners
6. Comments & Discussion
7. e-Newsletter Subscription Information
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CONTENT UPDATE
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The following seven new journals went online between July - November 2007. All but three new journals for 2007 have launched their first issue in MUSE.
* ESC: English Studies in Canada
Publisher: Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English
E-ISSN: 1913-4835
Print ISSN: 0317-0802
Vol. 31 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/esc_english_studies_in_canada/
* ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance
Publisher: Washington State University
E-ISSN: 1935-021X
Print ISSN: 0093-8297
Vol. 53 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/esq/
* Helios
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
E-ISSN: 1935-0228
Print ISSN: 0610-0923
Vol. 34 No.1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/hel/
* The Innes Review
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
E-ISSN: 1745-5219
Print ISSN: 0020-157X
Vol. 58 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/the_innes_review/
* Steinbeck Review
Absorbed Steinbeck Studies with volume 3, 2006.
Publisher: The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies
E-ISSN: 1938-6214
Print ISSN: 1546-007x
Vol. 3 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection, Standard Collection, Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/steinbeck_review/
* Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture
Publisher: The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS)
E-ISSN: 1938-6133
Print ISSN: 0360-2370
Vol. 36
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/studies_in_eighteenth_century_culture/
* Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
Publisher: The University of Tulsa
E-ISSN: 1936-1645
Print ISSN: 0732-7730
Vol. 26 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection, Standard Collection, Arts and Humanities Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/tulsa_studies_in_womens_literature/
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TOOLS & TIPS
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* Browser search plugin
Project MUSE now offers a search plugin for your web browser. The MUSE search plugin adds Project MUSE to the list of search engines that are available in the search box in the upper right corner on your browser. When you add the Project MUSE search plugin, you may search MUSE any time your browser is open regardless of the web page you are viewing.
The Project MUSE search plugin can be added to any browser that supports Sherlock and OpenSearch Search Engine Plugins. Installation is easy and takes just a couple of seconds. To read about and install the Project MUSE search plugin, please go to http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/librarians/search_plugin.html.
* RSS Feeds
MUSE added a new feed: Upcoming Journals for 2008. This feed provides a list of all titles confirmed to join MUSE in 2008 with subsequent notification when each of the new titles first becomes available online. Recommend this feed to faculty and grad students who may want immediate notification when a particular title becomes available online in MUSE.
Read about and subscribe to MUSE RSS feeds at the MUSE RSS Syndication page: http://feeds.muse.jhu.edu.
* Watch for MUSE survey in December
MUSE will be asking for your participation in an online survey in early December. The survey will be seeking your suggestions for how to make the MUSE website and associated promotional materials more helpful for you. MUSE would like as many people as possible to take the survey (no more than 5 minutes of your time) so we encourage you to pass along the survey URL to your colleagues. We look forward to all of your suggestions. Please watch for the announcement in early December that will explain how to access the survey.
* New option for refining searches in Advanced search
The new option allows for limiting searches by document type: All (types of articles); Reviews; Poetry; Fiction or Drama. The document type limit along with the limits by date, journal or subject, give users the ability to fine-tune their searches for more focused results.
* 10,000 links with MLA
The electronic version of the MLA International Bibliography now links to MUSE. Citations listed in the MLA International Bibliography now link to MUSE articles included in the approximately 200 MUSE journals covered by the Bibliography. The links include current as well as previous years' articles with over 10,000 links to MUSE articles created.
The linking between MLA and Project MUSE streamlines access to articles in MUSE from citations listed in the electronic version of the MLA International Bibliography, regardless of the platform used to access the Bibliography. For MUSE subscribers, the linking provides seamless access to the full text articles in MUSE from citations in the electronic International Bibliography.
* Training and Promotional material available
Find free MUSE training and promotional material on the For Librarians page, http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/librarians.
- Subject Guides listing MUSE journals in that subject
- Guide to Searching MUSE
- Subject-based Outreach Postcards
- Posters
- And more*
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2008 Title Information
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Three additional titles have been confirmed for inclusion in the Premium Collection for 2008. These are the final titles to be added to MUSE for 2008. The titles are:
"Caribbean Studies" published by the Institute of Caribbean Studies
"Radical Teacher" published by the University of Illinois Press
"Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700" published by the University of Tennessee
Two titles currently in MUSE will be newly incorporated into the Standard Collection for 2008: "Canadian Journal of Philosophy" published by the Canadian Journal of Philosophy and "The Eighteenth Century" published by Texas Tech University Press.
A complete list of all new titles for 2008 along with a list of updates to all collections may be found at http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/subscriptions/newtitles_2008.html.
Complete 2008 North American academic subscription and pricing information for all MUSE collections are available at http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/subscriptions/subscriptions_2008.html.
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MUSE AT CONFERENCES
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Online Information Conference
December 4-6, 2007
London, England
Stand #760
Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Meeting
December 27-30, 2007
Chicago, IL
Booth #712
American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting
January 3-6, 2008
Washington, D.C.
Booth #214
ALA Midwinter Meeting
January 11-16, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Booth #1942
If you are attending, please stop by, say hello, and let us know how we can make MUSE better!
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS AND CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
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Among others, MUSE recently welcomed the following new subscribers:
Cambridge University - Cambridge, UK
Edith Cowan University - Perth, Australia
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
University of Essex - Colchester, UK
Associated Libraries of Monroe County - PA, USA
The Athenian School - Danville, CA, USA
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COMMENTS & DISCUSSION
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The topic for discussion this issue is social networking tools and the extent to which these tools have been incorporated into everyday use at your institution and library.
*** Are your students and faculty using social bookmarking sites?
*** Do students have preferred sites to mark their favorites?
*** What are the sites favored by your faculty?
We'd love to hear any and all ideas, including ideas for things that do not work or are not appealing to students and faculty. Please feel free to use this as an opportunity to share ideas, strategies, successes and frustrations in using MUSE to support faculty and students. Send your ideas and comments, or suggestions for future topics for this section to Kathy Obbagy at KO@press.jhu.edu. All responses received will appear anonymously (unless otherwise requested by the person writing) in the next newsletter.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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We hope you found this issue of The MUSE Letter helpful. Please forward this newsletter to any co-workers who might be interested in subscribing. To subscribe, go to the MUSE 'For Librarians' page, http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/librarians, and click on *Subscribe to e-Newsletter*. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please send an email to enews@muse.jhu.edu with Unsubscribe in the body of the email.
Project MUSE respects your privacy and will use your email address for this newsletter only.
July 12, 2007
From: enews@muse.jhu.edu
Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
Issue 2 - July 2007
Welcome to the second issue of The MUSE Letter. This quarterly
newsletter provides a summary of what's new at MUSE including new
journals added online each quarter, tools for using MUSE effectively,
conferences where MUSE staff will be available to meet with you,
selected search activity, and new subscribers and consortium partners.
We welcome your comments about and suggestions for the newsletter as it
evolves into what we hope is a useful tool for all those working with
and using Project MUSE.
1. Content Update
2. Tools & Tips
3. 2008 Pricing and Title Information
4. MUSE at Conferences
5. New Subscribers and Consortium Partners
6. Comments & Discussion
7. e-Newsletter Subscription Information
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CONTENT UPDATE
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The following ten new journals went online between April - June 2007:
* Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies
Publisher: University of Arizona
E-ISSN:1934-9009
Print ISSN:1096-2492
Vol. 10
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/arizona_journal_of_hispanic_cultural_studies
* Comparative Drama
Publisher: Western Michigan University
E-ISSN: 1936-1637
Print ISSN: 0010-4078
Vol. 41 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection, Standard Collection and Arts and
Humanities Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_drama
* Conradiana
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
E-ISSN: 1935-0252
Print ISSN: 0010-6356
Vol. 39 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/nja/journals/conradiana
* The Eighteenth Century
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
E-ISSN: 1935-0201
Print ISSN: 0193-5380
Vol. 48 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_eighteenth_century
* James Joyce Quarterly
Publisher: The University of Tulsa
E-ISSN: 1938-6036
Print ISSN: 0021-4183
Vol. 44 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection, Standard Collection and Arts and
Humanities Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/nja/journals/james_joyce_quarterly
* Monatshefte
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
E-ISSN: 1934-2810
Print ISSN: 0026-9271
Vol. 99 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/monatshefte
* Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
E-ISSN: 1936-9247
Print ISSN: 1565-3668
Vol. 5 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/partial_answers
* Renaissance Quarterly
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
E-ISSN: 1935-0236
Print ISSN: 0034-4338
Vol. 60 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/renaissance_quarterly
* Sewanee Review
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
E-ISSN: 1934-421X
Print ISSN: 0037-3052
Vol. 115 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/sewanee_review
* William Carlos Williams Review
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
E-ISSN: 1935-0244
Print ISSN: 0196-6286
Vol. 26 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts and Humanities
Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/william_carlos_williams_review
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TOOLS & TIPS
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* OpenURL Linking expanded
MUSE now supports OpenURL 1.0 which provides linking for search results
to journals for which no subscription exists. When a user searches in
MUSE journals not subscribed by their institution and tries to retrieve
articles from those journals on the results page, they are referred to
the turnaway page. This page tells them that their institution does not
subscribe to the journal. Now, with the expanded OpenURL linking, the
user will see a link, or button, for alternative resources for the
article at their institution.
In order for the link back to the institution to appear, an institution
must register with MUSE to enable the linking to their OpenURL-compliant
linking servers. All institutions are encouraged to provide MUSE with a
customized icon and message to display for the link to the
institution's linking server.
Many institutions had registered with MUSE for an earlier application
of OpenURL (0.1) and therefore, do not need to register again for the
expanded implementation.
To register and enable links to your OpenURL-compliant linking server
for citations retrieved in Project MUSE searches (in journals to which
your institution does not subscribe) go to the online form Enable
OpenURL Links that is found on the For Librarians page,
http://muse.jhu.edu/about/librarians. The expanded implementation of
OpenURL is part of an ongoing effort by MUSE to provide more options for
subscribers and their users. OpenURL linking in MUSE is available only
to subscribers of the six MUSE collections and not to single title
subscribers.
* RSS Feeds
RSS feed is a great tool for receiving and organizing updates from your
favorite web sites, news sources, library blogs and other sites you go
to for information. MUSE offers 2 feeds that automatically keep you
up-to-date with MUSE journals:
1. Latest Issues - This feed has links to the Tables of Contents for
the 4 most recent issues of a journal with direct access to the full
text articles from the Tables of Contents for MUSE subscribers.
~~ With this convenient tool, RSS feed subscribers, such as faculty,
can stay abreast of the content in a particular MUSE journal, or
journals, by easily scanning the Tables of Contents of the 4 most recent
issues.
2. Upcoming Titles for 2007 - This feed provides a list of all titles
scheduled to join MUSE in 2007 with subsequent notification when each of
the new titles first becomes available online.
~~ This is a handy tool for receiving notification automatically, and
immediately, when new titles are launched online in MUSE. Good for
faculty or grad students who may be waiting for a particular title to be
available online.
Subscribe to MUSE RSS feeds at the MUSE RSS Syndication page:
http://feeds.muse.jhu.edu.
* Email Journal Alerts
For those who prefer to receive their journal updates by email (rather
than RSS feed), the Email Alerts provide weekly e-mail notifications of
new journal issues or new titles available in Project MUSE. Sign up to
receive email alerts by journal title, by subject or by the collection
to which your institution subscribes.
To read more and to subscribe, go to the For Librarians page,
http://muse.jhu.edu/about/librarians and click on the link for
'Sign up for Email Journal Alerts' in the Tools and Forms section
of the page.
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2008 Pricing and Title Information
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* Pricing for 2008
Project MUSE 2008 pricing has been confirmed for all collections. MUSE
continues to offer North American academic libraries a tiered pricing
model for its six collections, allowing libraries of all sizes the
opportunity to access the collection that best meets each
institution's mission and budget. The tiered model provides
discounts off the list price based on Carnegie classification and
relative usage.
The 2008 list prices for the six collections are:
Premium Collection - $30,800
Standard Collection - $22,700
Basic Research Collection - $19,100
Basic College Collection - $11,000 (formerly Basic Undergraduate
Collection)
Humanities Collection - $12,100 (collection revised for 2008)
Social Sciences Collection - $8,500 (collection revised for 2008)
The pricing reflects the growth in each of these collections, with over
30 new journals added to the Premium Collection and a limited number of
titles moving into the other collections. For complete 2008 North
American academic pricing information, go to
http://muse.jhu.edu/about/subscriptions/pricing_academic_2008.html.
Non-academic libraries and those outside North America should contact
muse@muse.jhu.edu for 2008 pricing details.
* New Titles for 2008
Currently, thirty titles and five new publishers have been confirmed
for inclusion in MUSE in 2008. Additional titles are in negotiation and
will be announced later in the summer. In total, MUSE expects to add
between 30 and 35 journals for the upcoming subscription year. All new
titles confirmed to date and those announced afterwards will be included
in the Premium Collection.
Selected titles, either new or currently offered, will also be added to
three of MUSE's existing collections: Standard Collection, Basic
Research Collection, and Basic College Collection (formerly Basic
Undergraduate Collection). A complete list of new journals being added
to each collection for 2008 is available at
http://muse.jhu.edu/about/subscriptions/new_titles_2008.html
Additional details about MUSE's 2008 collections and subscription
options will be available on the MUSE website by August. Specifics about
renewal pricing and subscription options will be sent to MUSE's
consortium partners later this summer. Institutions that subscribe via a
consortium arrangement should inquire about their renewal options with
their consortium offices.
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MUSE AT CONFERENCES
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International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
Annual Meeting
Durban, South Africa
August 19 - 23
Stand #39
If you're attending, please stop by and say hello!
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS AND CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
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Among others, MUSE recently welcomed the following new subscribers:
Heritage College - Gatineau QC, Canada
Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot - Paris, France
Libera Universita degli Studi Sociali "Guido Carli" - Rome, Italy
Gifu University - Gifu-city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Hua Fan University - Taipei, Taiwan
University of Winchester - Hampshire, United Kingdom
Black Hills State University - Spearfish, SD
Central College - Pella, IA
Council on Foreign Relations - New York, NY
Georgetown College - Georgetown, KY
Hendrix College - Conway, AR
Lake Highland Preparatory School - Winter Park, FL
Maggie L. Walker Governor's School - Richmond, VA
Mississippi University for Women - Columbus, MS
Mt. San Antonio College - Walnut, CA
Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES - Yorktown Heights, NY
Texas Lutheran University - Seguin, TX
Valencia Community College - Orlando, FL
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COMMENTS & DISCUSSION
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One of the many thought provoking discussions at the recent ALA Annual
Conference concerned how librarians are marketing humanities resources
to students and faculty.
** How are you getting the word out about the variety of resources
available at your library?
** What materials or marketing pieces could MUSE provide you with in
this effort?
** For faculty, what kind of informational piece from MUSE would really
grab their attention and earn you kudos for suggesting MUSE?
We'd love to hear any and all ideas, including ideas for things that
do not work or are not appealing to students and faculty. Please feel
free to use this as an opportunity to share ideas, strategies, successes
and frustrations in using MUSE to support faculty and students. Send
your ideas and comments, or suggestions for future topics for this
section to Kathy Obbagy at KO@press.jhu.edu. All responses received will
appear anonymously (unless otherwise requested by the person writing) in
the next newsletter.
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SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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We hope you found this issue of The MUSE Letter helpful. Please forward
this newsletter to any co-workers who might be interested in
subscribing. To subscribe, go to the MUSE 'For Librarians' page,
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/librarians, and click on
*Subscribe to e-Newsletter*. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please
send an email to enews@muse.jhu.edu with Unsubscribe in the body of the
email.
Project MUSE respects your privacy and will use your email address for
this newsletter only.
March 15, 2007
From: enews@muse.jhu.edu
Subject: [MUSE e-news] Project MUSE e-Newsletter
Issue 1 - March 2007
Welcome to the first issue of The MUSE Letter. This quarterly newsletter provides a summary of what's new at MUSE including new journals added online each quarter, tools for using MUSE effectively, conferences where MUSE staff will be available to meet with you, selected search activity, and new subscribers and consortium partners. We welcome your comments about and suggestions for the newsletter as it evolves into what we hope is a useful tool for all those working with and using Project MUSE.
1. Content Update
2. Tools & Tips
3. From the Search Log
4. MUSE at Conferences
5. New Subscribers and Consortium Partners
6. Comments & Discussion
7. Subscription Information
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CONTENT UPDATE
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The following five new journals went online in January and February 2007:
*French Studies: A Quarterly Review
Publisher: Oxford University Press:
E-ISSN: 1468-2931
Print ISSN: 0016-1128
Vol. 60 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/french_studies_a_quarterly_review/
*English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920
Publisher: ELT Press
E-ISSN: 1559-2715
Print ISSN: 0013-8339
Vol. 50 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Arts & Humanities Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/english_literature_in_transition/
*Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press:
E-ISSN: 1750-0117
Print ISSN: 1742-3600
Vol. 3 Issue 1-2
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/episteme/
*Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
E-ISSN: 1557-055X
Print ISSN: 1557-0542
Vol. 1 Issue 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Social Sciences Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships_research_education_and_action/
*Education and Treatment of Children
Publisher: West Virginia University Press:
E-ISSN: 1934-8924
Print ISSN: 0748-8491
Vol. 30 No. 1
Included in: 2007 Premium Collection and Social Sciences Collection.
http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/journals/education_and_treatment_of_children
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Labor Studies Journal
Not continuing in MUSE in 2007: acquired by a publisher that does not participate in MUSE.
E-ISSN: 1538-9758
Final issue in MUSE: Volume 31, 2006-2007
Was in: Premium, Standard, Basic Research, and Social Sciences Collections
All issues previously published in MUSE will remain in the collections.
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TOOLS & TIPS
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* Revised and Improved Tool for Creating List of Journal Holdings
MUSE offers librarians a tool for creating a customized list of Project MUSE journals that can be used for updating local holdings. One can download data such as URL, electronic and print ISSN, date coverage, and publisher. The tool includes titles currently online in MUSE and titles scheduled to join MUSE in 2007. Data can be downloaded in either comma delimited or Excel format. To access this tool, go to: http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/holdings.
* MUSE Launches OAI
MUSE data can now be accessed through OAI - Open Archives Initiative. OAI capability facilitates the exchange of metadata between MUSE and institutions issuing OAI commands to MUSE. For details, see the FAQ at http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/muse/faq.html.
* MUSE Searchable by OAIster Catalog of Digital Resources
An immediate benefit of MUSE metadata made accessible through OAI (Open Archives Initiative) is that MUSE was just accepted into the repository of searchable digital resources at OAIster. OAIster, maintained by the University of Michigan, is a union catalog of digital resources from over 740 contributors (national and international) including research institutes, virtual museums, historical societies, dissertation collections, and the CDL, California Digital Library. OAIster searches resources known as the 'deep web' that are made available through Open Archives Initiative.
* Training and Promotional material available
Find free MUSE training and promotional material on the For Librarians page, http://muse.jhu.edu/content/ml/about/librarians.
- Subject Guides listing journals and how to sign up for journal alerts
- Guide to Searching MUSE
- Subject-based Outreach Postcards
- And more*
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FROM THE SEARCH LOG
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MUSE journals cover a range of subjects under the broad categories of humanities and social sciences. The following searches illustrate the interdisciplinary content in MUSE:
> Derrida and Deconstruction - articles found in these journals:
Paragraph; Postmodern Culture; Theory & Event; Research in African Literatures; diacritics; MLN; Common Knowledge
> Rap music and Society - articles found in these journals:
Asian Music; Callaloo; Africa Today; Social Forces; Cuban Studies; Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies; Anthropological Quarterly
> Kabuki and World War II - articles found in these journals:
Asian Theatre Journal; Cinema Journal; Journal of Asian American Studies; TDR: The Drama Review; Monumenta Nipponica
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MUSE AT CONFERENCES
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ACRL National Conference
March 29 - April 1, 2007
Baltimore, MD
Booth #1014
Please stop by and say hello!
MUSE will be conducting three informational discussions at ACRL on Saturday, March 31:
> 9:15 - 10:15 'Time Saving Tools' - a refresher course on using MUSE RSS feeds and journal alerts, and the newly revised Holdings Tool for updating local records. Light refreshments will be served.
> 12:00 - 1:00 'Using MUSE in Course Instruction' - this is a discussion group for librarians who use MUSE specifically in library or course instruction and would be interested in sharing and comparing their ideas and techniques. Lunch will be provided.
> 3:15 - 4:15 ' Using the MUSE website' - this is a focused discussion of how librarians are using the MUSE web pages and what improvements could be made to better serve librarians' information needs. Light refreshments will be served.
Space is limited for each of these sessions so reserve your space as soon as possible. All sessions will be held at the Sheraton Inner Harbor hotel. We look forward to meeting you and hearing your comments at each of these sessions. To reserve a spot in a session, please send an email to Kathy Obbagy, ko@press.jhu.edu, indicating your name, institution and the sessions(s) you plan to attend. The specific location of each session will be given when your space reservation is confirmed.
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NEW SUBSCRIBERS AND CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
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Among others, MUSE recently welcomed the following new subscribers and consortium partners:
The Brearley School - New York, NY
Hawaii Pacific University - Honolulu, HI
Northside College Preparatory High School - Chicago, IL
Pasco Hernando Community College - Dade City, FL
Saint Ann's School - Brooklyn, NY
Seattle Academy - Seattle, WA
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Washington DC
Azienda Sanitaria di Nouro ASL3 - Nouro, Italy
Gent University - 9000 Gent, Belgium
Kadir Has University - Istanbul, Turkey
Universite des Antilles et de la Guyane - Pointe-A-Pitre, France
Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Madrid, Spain
Universidad Iberoamericana - Mexico City, Mexico
Universita degli studi di Pisa - Pisa, Italy
Western Academy of Beijing - Beijing, China
HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) - a 56-member consortium in Greece
http://www.heal-link.gr/
IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) - a 7-member consortium in Ireland
WALDO (Westchester Academic Library Directors Organization) - a not-for-profit multi-type consortium in Westchester County, NY
http://waldolib.org
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COMMENTS & DISCUSSION
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** Are you looking for successful ideas for integrating MUSE into course instruction?
** How do you promote MUSE to faculty? What strategies have been successful?
** How is your faculty using MUSE in course assignments?
This section is an open forum for newsletter subscribers to exchange ideas and share experiences about how librarians and faculty are using MUSE in instruction. The goal is to provide a place for MUSE users to share ideas, strategies, successes and frustrations in using MUSE to support faculty and students. Please send your ideas and comments, or suggestions for future topics for this section to Kathy Obbagy at KO@press.jhu.edu. All responses received will appear anonymously (unless otherwise requested by the person writing) in the next newsletter.
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