Project MUSE News: MUSE launches new web interface

[Melanie Schaffner <melanie@muse.jhu.edu>]

Project MUSE launches new web interface; enhanced features aid
discovery and navigation

Project MUSE is pleased to announce the release of a new web
interface, enhanced with many features to aid ease of navigation,
expand discovery, and encourage deeper interaction with the
wealth of scholarly content offered by MUSE.

Online now at http://muse.jhu.edu, the new site design offers
several new tools and resources for scholars, librarians, and
publishers. MUSE offers full text access to current content from
nearly 400 high quality journals in the humanities and social
sciences, from some 100 not-for-profit publishers, and the web
site=92s improved features will help users find, utilize and share
this content more readily and efficiently.

A highlight of MUSE's new web site is wider range of
functionality at the individual journal article level, including
the ability to email a link, find more articles from the same
author(s), and share the article via popular social bookmarking
services. Color indicators allow users to easily determine to
which content they have full text access, at both the journal and
article level.

Improved navigation in the site's informational pages makes it
easier for researchers, librarians, and publishers to access
tools such as training guides, usage statistics, journal holdings
information, and technical documentation. A new search feature
also offers the ability to search only the informational pages,
to quickly locate key details such as pricing, upcoming journal
additions, or supported technologies. An entirely new section is
dedicated to information for current and prospective publishers
of journals in MUSE.

Additional features are planned to further enhance the new web
interface. During the fall and winter, users will begin to see
reference linking and a =93Related Articles=94 list at the journal
article level, and a new cover sheet with functionality
comparable to the HTML articles will be added to the PDF
versions. MUSE also expects to implement the SUSHI (Standardized
Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) technology.

The Project MUSE web site will continue to evolve to meet the
changing needs of our users, customers, and business partners. We
welcome feedback, comments and questions at muse@press.jhu.edu.

Melanie B. Schaffner
Marketing and Sales Manager, Project MUSE
c/o The Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
p 410-516-3846
f 410-516-6968
melanie@muse.jhu.edu