Re: Something about Project Muse Don Taylor 29 Mar 2006 23:27 UTC
You can find Project Muse coverage data via CUFTS at http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/tools.shtml The "Resource Comparison" tool is the way to find the info. You could also use it to compare PM to other resources for overlap. Regards, Don Taylor ------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Taylor Electronic Resources Librarian email: dstaylor@sfu.ca Simon Fraser University Library ph: 604-291-4930 8888 University Drive fax: 604-291-3023 Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6 At 02:30 PM 29/03/2006, you wrote: >Speaking of overlap, I am also looking at the Project Muse products >and have yet to find any >information that indicates what years are covered for each journal >title. Has anyone else >found this information on the website or somewhere else easily accessible? > >Barbara Pope > >Hutchens, Chad wrote: > >>"more than 80% of Muse titles are redundant with the other databases we >>have" >> >>Are you speaking of just title overlap? Or are you counting in coverage >>overlap as well? That is, the titles might occur in other databases, >>but is the coverage equal for the same title in another database? >> >>My other question would be which PM packages do you currently have...or, >>which package(s) did you cancel rather? >> >> >>Chad E. Hutchens >>Electronic Resources Librarian >>Montana State University Libraries >>P.O. Box 173320 >>Bozeman, MT 59717-3320 >>(406) 994-4313 phone >>(406) 994-2851 fax chutchens@montana.edu >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum >>[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Tian Zhang >>Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 12:35 PM >>To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU >>Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Something about Project Muse >> >>Until 2005, our university library subscribed Project Muse. This year, >>as the subscription fee goes up, I was asked to have the overlap >>analyses with all our other databases about the Muse titles. The result >>is: more than 80% of Muse titles are redundant with the other databases >>we have. Only about less than 40 titles in Muse are unique. (18 Duke >>titles which are also unique have been already withdrawn from Muse). At >>last, our library decided not to subscribe Project Muse starting 2006. >> >> >>But after we stop the subscription, we got phone calls from professors >>who are used to Muse for retrieve some articles. Even though I some >>times can find the articles for them by using ProQuest, or Ebsco, or >>some other databases, this makes me rethink whether it is a correct >>decision to quit Project Muse. And another problem is that when users >>tried to get articles from a title in Jstor, they were referred to Muse. >>So, I have to raise the question for our library whether we should pick >>it up again or not. >> >> >>I just want to hear from the other Serials Librarians: what do you think >>about Project Muse? And what is your library's policy for deselect >>databases with the impact of budget? >> >>Thank you in advice for sharing the information with me. >> >> >> >> >>Tian X. Zhang >>Serials Librarian >>St. John's University Library >>8000 Utopia Parkway >>Queens, NY 11439 >> >>