Project MUSE News: New Functionality Added Kathy Obbagy 21 Sep 2006 18:45 UTC
Project MUSE is pleased to announce that the following updates are now available. Project MUSE compatible with Z39.50 protocol Project MUSE is now compliant with the Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval. The Z39.50 protocol provides another way for users to search and locate articles in MUSE using a Z39.50 compatible client. The Z39.50 functionality in MUSE is still in the beta phase and therefore, we encourage subscribers to contact us with feedback about the helpfulness of this protocol in searching and retrieving articles in MUSE. Feedback may be sent to the MUSE Customer Support desk at muse@muse.jhu.edu. An institution must maintain a Project MUSE subscription in order to access the full text articles retrieved via the Z39.50 compatible client. New RSS Feeds Project MUSE has added two new RSS feeds: - Upcoming Titles for 2007 - Upcoming Titles for 2006 - Latest Issues (existing feed) By subscribing to Upcoming Titles for 2007 users receive direct information about new titles scheduled to be included in MUSE during the 2007 subscription year. The feed for Upcoming Titles for 2006 provides a summary list of titles that have been or will be included during the 2006 subscription year. As an alert tool, RSS feeds are easy to subscribe to and provide users with a direct method for receiving information about their favorite journals from the over 300 journals in the MUSE collection. With the feeds providing links to the Tables of Contents, students, librarians, researchers and faculty have a valuable tool for staying current with information in their favorite titles. Information about subscribing to the feeds is found at the Project MUSE RSS Syndication page: http://feeds.muse.jhu.edu WebFeat Compatibility Project MUSE is now searchable by the WebFeat search engine. Researchers and students may locate articles within MUSE in library systems that use the WebFeat search engine, a federated search engine used at many academic, public and government libraries. The WebFeat search engine allows a user to search any or all of a library's databases simultaneously with a single interface. An institution must maintain a Project MUSE subscription in order to access the full text articles located by WebFeat. Current subscribers are encouraged to contact MUSE's Customer Support desk at muse@muse.jhu.edu with any questions regarding these enhancements. Kathleen Obbagy Library Outreach and Communications Specialist Project MUSE The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 N. Charles St Baltimore, MD 21218 USA ph: 410-516-3341 f: 410-516-6968 KO@press.jhu.edu