Tutorial:
Search and Browse
Project MUSE
Search for Books and Journals
Type search terms, keywords, phrases (“”) and
Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) into the
search box. As you type, a drop-down menu of
suggested search terms appears. Click on a
suggested term or continue to type your own.
Search
Use the drop-down
menu to search for
books and journals
together or separately.
Hit enter or click the
orange “Go” button to
begin your search.
Search
Sort Search results by
relevance or date of
publication.
Click “Modify Search” to narrow your search results, add
search terms, or search within specific fields (Content, Title,
Author, Research Areas). Click the small gray ( + ) icon to
increase the number of search fields.
Search
Use the Search Facets to refine search results by:
Content Type – search books or journals only
Access – uncheck the box to see search results from all of
Project MUSE’s content, not just the content to which you
have access
Research Area – check the boxes next to the Research
Areas from which you would like to see search results
Author – check the boxes to view content by a specific
author or selection of authors
Language – check the box to see search results that are
published in a selected language
Browse Books and Journals
Hold your cursor over the Browse
button to display the seventeen
broad Research Areas into which
MUSE’s content is organized. Click on
a Research Area to view its content.
Click the Browse button to view the
full listing of broad and narrow
Research Areas in Project MUSE.
Browse
Click on a link to browse content by:
Titles – browse all book and journal content
alphabetically by title
Publishers – browse an A – Z listing of all
MUSE publishers. Click a publisher’s name
to view its content
Books – see an A – Z listing of all books
Journals – see an A – Z listing of all journals
Browse
Click Browse All to browse the
full listing of Research Areas
Use the drop-down menu
to browse results A – Z or
by most recently added
content
Browse results in Detailed (A), List
(B), or Grid (C) view.
A
B
C
Browse
To browse the complete content
of a journal, click on its title
Research Area – see the Research Area
you are browsing
Content Type – browse books or journals
only
Access – check the box to browse results
from only the content to which you have
access
Browse
Click to see this
publisher’s other content
Click to see the contents
of the most recent issue
Links to all available journal issues
Browse
Email a link to
this journal
Search the contents of the journal.
Click to see journal information,
including editorial details and
submission guidelines
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through social media
For additional training
resources, please see:
http://muse.jhu.edu/about/tools/