Project MUSE vs zbMATH Open
Project MUSE
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| Figure | Project MUSE | zbMATH Open |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $174.58/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Academic Research Databases | 8.6 (#6) | 7.2 (#27) |
| Headquarters | LinkedIn lists Baltimore, Maryland as Project MUSE headquarters and identifies its Johns Hopkins University Press campus address. | Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Open access | Unauthenticated users can read full-text open-access books and articles, while subscription content requires institutional or personal access. | The service became an open access platform in 2021 and is available free of charge worldwide. |
| Purpose | Project MUSE provides scholarly books and journals in the humanities and social sciences from university presses and nonprofit scholarly publishers. | zbMATH Open is an information service for mathematics linking information on mathematical topics, authors, publications, references, and software. |
| Search | Simple and advanced search support facets such as content type, language, journal, date, and publisher. | Users can search mathematical research content, including by formula, and can search authors, author networks, journals, and journal content. |
| Support | Customer support is available by email and contact form Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. | FIZ Karlsruhe lists a customer service contact by telephone and email for questions about its offerings. |
Plans
Project MUSE
- MUSE Journal Collection trialFree
- Premium Journals Collection (school libraries)$2,095 a year
- 2027 PLUS+ Package$13,121.40 a year
- Individual articles and issuesPrice not published
- Institutional journal collectionsPriced on request
- MUSE Journal Collection subscriptionPrice not published
In their own words
Project MUSE
Project MUSE provides scholarly books, journals, and other digital resources in the humanities and social sciences, from university presses and nonprofit scholarly publishers. Its catalog includes more than 800 journals and over 100,000 books from 400 publishers, along with over 6,000 open access books and more than 100 open access journals. Users can search across resources and filter by content type, language, journal, date, or publisher. Reading formats include HTML, PDF, and EPUB; EPUB files must be downloaded and opened in a compatible reader. MUSE describes subscribed and purchased content as DRM-free, with unlimited access, simultaneous use, downloading, and printing. Institutions can authenticate through IP address, Shibboleth, referring URLs, or a secure proxy. People without institutional access can use MyMUSE to save or email citations and receive content alerts, and may buy selected online articles and issues. Those individual purchases provide perpetual MyMUSE access, but sales are final. Pricing is on request, with a 45-day trial. A school-library Premium Journals Collection is listed at $2,095 a year.
zbMATH Open
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