Project MUSE offers nearly 60 000 ebooks from more than 100 publishers, many of which are Open Access. Lund University have access to approximately 1 700 ebooks on Project MUSE, of which 20 have been purchased and the rest are OA titles (October 2019). Please note that all Open Access ebooks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Project MUSE electronic books are in enhanced web-ready PDF format, searchable and retrievable at the chapter level. A table of contents on each individual book page allows for access to each chapter-level PDF, and for searching within the individual book for the chapters containing the search term(s). Book front matter and back matter is represented in separate, clearly-labeled PDF files on each book page. All content from the print edition of the book is included in the digital edition.
Included in LU's subscription are also 370 journals, the journal collection do not include any Open Access journals.
| Name | Project MUSE |
| Publisher/Provider | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Subjects included | Humanities, Social Sciences |
| Type of resource | Platform with ebooks in fulltext. |
| Fulltext format | Only PDF |
| Accessibility | Via IP address |
| Login authentication required | No, not on LU-campus. If you are off-campus you will be prompted to login via LU's Central Authentication Service (CAS) with a Student Account or LUCAT-ID. |
| Number of concurrent users | Multiple concurrent access (multiple people reading at the same time). |
| Download required | No |
| Must be borrowed | No |
| Number of days for download | - - |
| Download and read offline | Yes |
| Download to a portable device | Yes. Project MUSE can be accessed on mobile devices with a web browser, such as the iPhone, iPad, or Android. |
| Copying | There are no restrictions on downloads or printing for purchased ebooks on Project MUSE, unlimited downloading and printing of book chapter PDF files are allowed. Please note that this does not apply to Open Access ebooks which are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
| Printing | There are no restrictions on downloads or printing for purchased ebooks on Project MUSE, unlimited downloading and printing of book chapter PDF files are allowed. Please note that this does not apply to Open Access ebooks which are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
| Text to speech | No information available |
| Export references | Yes |
| Export formats | MLA, APA, Chicago, EndNote |
| How do I suggest a purchase | Students and staff: Please contact your faculty library. Librarians: Se Förvärv av elektroniska resurser för mer info. |
| Restrictions | Walk-in users: Users not affiliated with Lund University may be permitted access to Project MUSE, but only within the physical premises of Lund University Libraries. Course Packs: Yes, articles may be included in course packs and in electronic reserve but only through a link to the article. The articles themselves may not be placed on electronic reserve or used in course packs. No special permission is required to link. Be sure to verify the link from the Project MUSE site. |
| Interlibrary loan / Fjärrlån | Yes, facsimile images that are exact representations of the print journal pages or of printouts from the electronic journals / books may be provided for interlibrary loan under CONTU guidelines and distributed in paper, fax, or digital form. |
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