About Project Muse

Project MUSE provides online access to the full-text of nearly 250 scholarly journals in the literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

To find out what journal are available in this database click on the Journals button in the top horizontal menu bar. To access Project MUSE click Databases on the Library home page then click Project MUSE. This database can be accessed remotely (off campus).

Searching

The Basic Search is the default search:

1.       To perform a basic search, type keywords in the search box. If you want to perform a phrase search, put it in quotations marks: "modern dance."
Note: Unlike in many other database it is not necessary to combine keywords with the 'and' operator. If you type a string of keywords into the search box, the database automatically combines terms. For example you could search for: modern dance techniques aesthetics

2.       The default search fields in the drop-down menu on the right-hand side is 'All Fields' which means that the database searches all articles including the full text.

3.        You have the option to specify how your results should be sorted. In the example below, the most current articles will be displayed first:

The Advanced Search gives you more options. For example, you can limit your search to a specific journal.

Search Results

Example of a search result record:

Elements of a record:

1.            The author of the article: Foulkes, Julia L.

2.            The title of the article: Angels "Rewolt!": Jewish Women in Modern Dance in the 1930s. Click the title to see the full text of the article.

3.            The title of the journal: American Jewish History

4.            Publication information such as volume, number, date, and page numbers: Volume 88, Number 2, June 2000, pp. 233-252

5.            A list of subjects the article talks about: Modern dance -- United States -- History.

6.            The number of times the search words appear in the articles and a link to a page that shows only the search words in their context in the article text: (Search score: 1000) [Show Occurrences in Context]

Printing or E-mailing Search Results

1.            Check of the box next to the article that you want on the results list.

2.            Next click the Save Marked Results button.

3.            Click the Email/Export Saved Result button.

4.            Next you can select to either E-mail the article or print it with the Printer-Friendly Format option. Make your selection and click the Export button.

5.            If you chose email, type and email address in window that pops up. If you chose Printing, click File and Print in the pop-up window.