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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.

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

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.

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

Search

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 Books and Journals

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

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

Click Browse All to browse the full listing of Research Areas

To browse the complete content of a journal, click on its title

Browse

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

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

Share this journal through social media

Search the contents of the journal.

Click to see journal information, including editorial details and submission guidelines

Browse

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