Project MUSE Books Frontlist Collections For 2022 Now Available

By Project MUSE

Pricing is available and orders may now be placed for the 2022 frontlist collections of books on Project MUSE. The annual frontlist collections offer libraries the earliest access to newly-published books from the more than 200 university press and related scholarly publishers who participate in MUSE book collections. With the advance purchase of one or more of the 2022 frontlist collections, a library gains access to new titles in the collection(s) immediately upon their release on the MUSE platform, and provides its users with the latest scholarship in a DRM-free, easy to use format. With unlimited simultaneous usage, downloading, and printing, books on MUSE are ideal for both research and classroom needs.

Project MUSE offers annual frontlist collections for a wide variety of humanities and social science subjects, and also by area studies. A Complete Collection is also available, including every newly-released collection book on the platform for the year. Pricing is based upon a guaranteed number of titles expected to be delivered, and is tiered by library type. Available collections include:

• African Studies

• American Studies

• Archaeology and Anthropology

• Art and Architecture

• Asian and Pacific Studies

• Ecology and Evolution

• Education and Rhetoric

• Film, Theater and Dance

• Gender Studies

• Global Cultural Studies

• History

• Jewish Studies

• Language and Linguistics

• Latin American and Caribbean Studies

• Literature

• Middle Eastern Studies

• Music

• Native American and Indigenous Studies

• Philosophy and Religion

• Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction

• Political Science and Policy Studies

• Psychology

• Public Health and Health Policy

• Russian and East European Studies

• Science, Technology and Media

• US Regional Studies (multiple regions) 

Each book is assigned to only one frontlist subject collection and one frontlist area studies collection, so multiple collections may be purchased without concern for overlap. Note that publishers may designate some titles on MUSE be excluded from annual frontlist collection sales. Interested libraries may complete the MUSE Books price quote form or contact MUSE Sales for pricing and more information on the 2022 frontlist collections.

In addition to the annual frontlist collections, Project MUSE recently introduced Books Custom Collections, which allow libraries to fully-customize their selection from the more than 70,000 titles currently available on the platform. A custom collection may be designed by filtering the full catalog of titles on criteria such as subject, publisher, and publication date, or more closely curated a by making individual title selections. Easily add electronic access for existing print holdings, instantly gain resources to support a new program/major, or quickly address course needs with a collection tailored to instructor requests.

All book collection purchases on MUSE include:

• Access to free MARC records, KBART, and title list downloads customized to the library’s holdings

• COUNTER-compliant usage statistics

• Responsive mobile-friendly interface on our scholar-designed platform

• Compliance with accessibility standards

• Integration and linking with all major discovery services

• Archiving and preservation with Portico

Many books on MUSE are also available for individual title purchase, either via our channel partners GOBI and OASIS, or direct from Project MUSE, and Evidence-Based Acquisition is also offered for most of the book content on the platform. Additionally, MUSE hosts several thousand open access books, from many of the same respected university press and scholarly publishers who contribute to our book collections, and from fully-OA publishers with robust editorial review processes. Browse books on MUSE and contact MUSE Sales for more information on the variety of acquisition models offered.