Project MUSE

1. What is Project MUSE?

A) A for-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers

B) An online database of non-peer-reviewed academic journals

C) A non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers

D) A digital rights management service

Answer:

C) A non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers

Explanation:

Project MUSE is a non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers.

2. What type of content does Project MUSE contain?

A) Only digital humanities content

B) Only social science content

C) Only peer-reviewed academic journals

D) Both peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books

Answer:

D) Both peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books

Explanation:

Project MUSE contains digital humanities and social science content, including peer-reviewed academic journals

and electronic books.

3. How many university presses and scholarly societies contribute content to Project MUSE?

A) 100

B) 200

C) 300

D) 400

Answer:

D) 400

Explanation:

Project MUSE contains content from some 400 university presses and scholarly societies around the world.

4. How does Project MUSE operate in terms of digital rights management (DRM)?

A) It imposes DRM on all content

B) It offers DRM-free content

C) It restricts access to content based on DRM

D) It collaborates with DRM providers

Answer:

B) It offers DRM-free content

Explanation:

Project MUSE offers digital versions of academic journals that are free of digital rights management (DRM).

5. How are Project MUSE's online journal collections made available?

A) Only through individual purchase

B) Only through institutional purchase

C) Only through subscription basis to academic libraries

D) Through subscription basis to academic, public, special, and school libraries

Answer:

D) Through subscription basis to academic, public, special, and school libraries

Explanation:

Project MUSE's online journal collections are available on a subscription basis to academic, public, special, and

school libraries.

6. When was Project MUSE founded?

A) 1985

B) 1993

C) 2000

D) 2012

Answer:

B) 1993

Explanation:

Project MUSE was founded in 1993 as a joint project between the Johns Hopkins University Press and the Milton

S. Eisenhower Library at the Johns Hopkins University.

7. Which organizations provided grants for the launch of Project MUSE?

A) National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation

B) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities

C) The Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation

D) The Gates Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation

Answer:

B) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities

Explanation:

Grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the

launch of Project MUSE.

8. When were journals from other scholarly publishers integrated into Project MUSE's online collections?

A) 1995

B) 2000

C) 2012

D) 2015

Answer:

B) 2000

Explanation:

Beginning in 2000, journals from other scholarly publishers were integrated into Project MUSE's online

collections.

9. What is the Simple Web Indexing System for Humans (SWISH)?

A) A grant-providing organization

B) A utility for powering Project MUSE

C) A journal publishing platform

D) A digital rights management system

Answer:

B) A utility for powering Project MUSE

Explanation:

The platform is powered by the WAIS searching utility called SWISH (Simple Web Indexing System for Humans).

10. What feature does SWISH provide for users searching within articles?

A) Boolean searching

B) Full-text search

C) Footnote hyperlinks

D) Volume browsing

Answer:

C) Footnote hyperlinks

Explanation:

In cases where footnotes exist in articles, the footnote number is presented as a hyperlink to the article's

bibliography or notes section, facilitated by SWISH.

11. When did the University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) emerge?

A) 2000

B) 2005

C) 2009

D) 2011

Answer:

C) 2009

Explanation:

The University Press e-book Consortium (UPeC) emerged in 2009.

12. What was the purpose of the UPeC initiative?

A) To explore the feasibility of university press-based e-book initiatives

B) To develop a digital rights management system for e-books

C) To fund library community projects

D) To digitize out-of-print scholarly articles

Answer:

A) To explore the feasibility of university press-based e-book initiatives

Explanation:

UPeC emerged to explore the feasibility of, and later develop, a university press-based e-book initiative.

13. When were the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) Book Collections on Project MUSE

established?

A) 2009

B) 2011

C) 2012

D) 2016

Answer:

B) 2011

Explanation:

The University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) Book Collections on Project MUSE were established in

Spring 2011.

14. What initiative was launched by Project MUSE in 2016?

A) UPeC

B) UPCC

C) MUSE Open

D) Project MUSE-YBP partnership

Answer:

C) MUSE Open

Explanation:

In 2016, Project MUSE launched an initiative to create an open access platform, known as MUSE Open.

15. What formats are the electronic books available in the UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE?

A) PDF only

B) EPUB only

C) Both PDF and EPUB

D) HTML

Answer:

C) Both PDF and EPUB

Explanation:

All content from the print editions of the electronic books are full-text, accessible in PDF format, and fully

searchable and retrievable at the chapter level.

16. What types of subscriptions are available for institutions accessing the UPCC Book Collections?

A) Current Subscription and Archival Subscription

B) Yearly Subscription and Lifetime Subscription

C) Individual Subscription and Institutional Subscription

D) Free Subscription and Paid Subscription

Answer:

A) Current Subscription and Archival Subscription

Explanation:

Two subscription options that provide access only (no ownership) are available to institutions: the Current

Subscription and the Archival Subscription.

17. How many subject-based collections are available in the UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE?

A) 10

B) 12

C) 14

D) 16

Answer:

C) 14

Explanation:

There are fourteen subject-based collections available in the UPCC Book Collections on Project MUSE.

18. Which of the following is NOT one of the subject-based collections available in the UPCC Book Collections?

A) Archaeology and Anthropology

B) Film, Theater, and Performing Arts

C) Business and Economics

D) Literature

Answer:

C) Business and Economics

Explanation:

The UPCC Book Collections include subject-based collections such as Archaeology and Anthropology, Film,

Theater, and Performing Arts, Literature, etc. Business and Economics is not among them.

19. What partnership was formed by Project MUSE in November 2012?

A) Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

B) EBSCO Information Services

C) YBP Library Services

D) JSTOR

Answer:

C) YBP Library Services

Explanation:

In November 2012, Project MUSE formed a partnership with YBP Library Services.

20. What was the purpose of the partnership between Project MUSE and YBP Library Services?

A) To digitize out-of-print scholarly books

B) To explore the feasibility of university press-based e-book initiatives

C) To sell single book titles from the University Press Content Consortium on the MUSE platform

D) To develop a digital rights management system

Answer:

C) To sell single book titles from the University Press Content Consortium on the MUSE platform

Explanation:

The partnership aimed to sell single book titles from the University Press Content Consortium on the MUSE

platform.