Most journals in Project MUSE offer free access to a sample issue, to allow librarians and scholars the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the journal’s format, content, and scope. Access free sample issues of MUSE journals using the list below.
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Advertising & Society Review (Vol. 1 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute (Vol. 76 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | African Studies Review (Vol. 48 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism (Vol. 4 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | American Annals of the Deaf (Vol. 148 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | American Imago (Vol. 52 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | The American Indian Quarterly (Vol. 24, no. 3 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | American Jewish History (Vol. 84 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 1 (2001) - vol. 4, no. 2 (2004)) | |
 | American Journal of Mathematics (Vol. 118 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | American Journal of Philology (Vol. 117 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | American Literary Realism (Vol. 40 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | American Literary Scholarship (1998 through current year) | |
 | American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography (Vol. 13 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | American Quarterly (Vol. 48 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | American Speech (Vol. 74, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 75 (2000) - vol. 79 (2004)) | |
 | The Americas (Vol. 57, no. 2 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Anthropological Quarterly (Vol. 73, no. 3 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Appalachian Heritage (Vol. 36 (2008) through current issue.) | |
 | Arctic Anthropology (Vol. 45 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Arethusa (Vol. 29 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies (Vol. 10 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory (Vol. 62 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Arthuriana (Vol. 18 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | ASEAN Economic Bulletin (Vol. 23 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Asian Music (Vol. 36 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Asian Perspectives (Vol. 39 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Asian Theatre Journal (Vol. 16, no. 2 (1999) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Callaloo (Vol. 18 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | The Cambridge Quarterly (Vol. 35 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Canadian Ethnic Studies (Vol. 39 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | The Canadian Historical Review (Vol. 85 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Vol. 48 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Canadian Journal of Law and Society (Vol. 20 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | The Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique (Vol. 48 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Canadian Journal of Philosophy (Vol. 36 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | The Canadian Journal of Sociology (Vol. 29 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (Vol. 17 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes (Vol. 61 (2004) through current issue.) | |
 | Canadian Review of American Studies (Vol. 34 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Caribbean Studies (Vol. 36 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | The Catholic Historical Review (Vol. 86, no. 3 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Children's Literature (Vol. 1 (1972) through current issue) | |
 | Children's Literature Association Quarterly (Vol. 1 (1976) through current issue) | |
 | China: An International Journal (Vol. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | China Review International (Vol. 6, no. 2 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Cinema Journal (Vol. 39 (1999/2000) through current issue) | |
 | Civil War History (Vol. 46, no. 4 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Classical World (Vol. 99 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | College Literature (Vol. 30, no. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Common Knowledge (Vol. 8 (2002) through current issue) | |
 | The Comparatist (Vol. 29 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Comparative Critical Studies (Vol. 3 (2006) - Vol. 5 (2008)) | |
 | Comparative Drama (Vol. 41 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Comparative Literature Studies (Vol. 36, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 37 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (Vol. 20 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (Vol. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Computer Music Journal (Vol. 25 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Configurations (Vol. 1 (1993) through current issue) | |
 | Conradiana (Vol. 39 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture (Volume 12-13 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Contemporary Literature (Vol. 45 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | The Contemporary Pacific (Vol. 12 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs (Vol. 28 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Criticism (Vol. 43 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Cuban Studies (Vol. 34 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Cultural Critique (No. 47 (2001) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | e-Service Journal (Vol. 1 (2001/02) through current issue) | |
 | Early American Literature (Vol. 35, no. 3 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Early Music (Vol. 32 (2004) - Vol. 35 (2007)) | |
 | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (Vol. 18 (2002) through current issue) | |
 | Economía (Vol. 1 (2000/01) through current issue) | |
 | Education and Culture (Vol. 22 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Education and Treatment of Children (Vol. 30 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | The Eighteenth Century (Vol. 47 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Eighteenth Century Fiction (Vol. 18 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Eighteenth-Century Life (Vol. 20 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Eighteenth-Century Studies (Vol. 29 (1995/96) through current issue) | |
 | Éire-Ireland (Vol. 39 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | ELH (Vol. 60, no. 4 (1993) through current issue) | |
 | The Emily Dickinson Journal (Vol. 1 (1992) through current issue) | |
 | English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 (Vol. 50 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Enterprise & Society (Vol. 4 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Episteme: A Journal of Social Epistemology (Vol. 3 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | ESC: English Studies in Canada (Vol. 31 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | L'Esprit Créateur (Vol. 46 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance (Vol. 53 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Essays in Criticism (Vol. 56 (2006) - vol. 57 (2007)) | |
 | Ethics & the Environment (Vol. 6 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Ethnohistory (Vol. 46, no. 4 (1999) - vol. 51 (2004)) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Feminist Teacher (Vol. 18 (2007) through current issue.) | |
 | Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies (Vol. 34 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Film History: An International Journal (Vol. 17 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction (Vol. 5 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Framework: The Journal of Cinema and Media (Vol. 47 (2006) through current issue
) | |
 | Francophonies d'Amérique (No. 17 (2004) - no. 18 (2004)) | |
 | French Colonial History (Vol. 3 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | French Forum (Vol. 26 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | French Historical Studies (Vol. 22, no. 4 (1999) - vol. 27 (2004)) | |
 | French Studies: A Quarterly Review (Vol. 60 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies (Vol. 22 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Future Anterior (Vol. 5, no. 1 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | The Future of Children (Vol. 15 (2005) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics (Vol. 4, no. 3 (1999) - vol. 5 (2000)) | |
 | Hastings Center Report (Vol. 35 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Helios (Vol. 34 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | The Hemingway Review (Vol. 23 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | The Henry James Review (Vol. 16 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | Hesperia (Vol. 74 (2005)) | |
 | The High School Journal (Vol. 84, no. 3 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Hispanic American Historical Review (Vol. 79, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 80 (2000) - vol. 84 (2004)) | |
 | Hispanic Review (Vol. 73 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Histories of Anthropology Annual (Vol. 1 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | History in Africa (Vol. 32 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | History Workshop Journal (Issue 57 (2004) through current issue
) | |
 | Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Vol. 17 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal (Vol. 5 (2006) - vol. 7 (2008)) | |
 | The Hopkins Review (Vol. 1 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Hopscotch: A Cultural Review (Vol. 1, no. 3 (1999);
v. 2 (2000/01)) | |
 | Human Biology (Vol. 73 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Human Rights Quarterly (Vol. 17 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | Hypatia (Vol. 14 (1999) - vol. 23 (2008)) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | James Joyce Quarterly (Vol. 44 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Jewish Quarterly Review (Vol. 95 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Jewish Social Studies (Vol. 5, no. 3 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies (Vol. 5 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (Vol. 8 (2003) ) | |
 | Journal for the Study of Radicalism (Vol. 1 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of Aesthetic Education (Vol. 37, no. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of American Folklore (Vol. 114, no. 451 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Asian American Studies (Vol. 1 (1998) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Canadian Studies (Vol. 39 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Chinese Overseas (Vol. 1 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Cold War Studies (Vol. 1 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of College Student Development (Vol. 44 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History (Vol. 1 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Democracy (Vol. 1 (1990) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of Developing Areas (Vol. 37 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Early Christian Studies (Vol. 1 (1993) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (Vol. 21 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Film and Video (Vol. 60 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Folklore Research (Vol. 40 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of General Education (Vol. 48, no. 2 (1999);
Vol. 49 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (Vol. 15 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law (Vol. 24, nos. 4-5 (1999);
Vol. 25 (2000) - vol. 29 (2004)) | |
 | The Journal of Higher Education (Vol. 73 (2002) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Interdisciplinary History (Vol. 30 (1999/00) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of Japanese Studies (Vol. 30 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Late Antiquity (Vol. 1 (2008) through current issue.) | |
 | Journal of Latin American Geography (Vol. 2 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Vol. 27, no. 1 (1997);
Vol. 30 (2000) - vol. 34 (2004)) | |
 | Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (Vol. 2 (2006) through current issue
) | |
 | The Journal of Military History (Vol. 67 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Modern Greek Studies (Vol. 14 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Narrative Theory (Vol. 34, no. 1 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Policy History (Vol. 11, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 12 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Scholarly Publishing (Vol. 35 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of Speculative Philosophy (Vol. 13, no. 2 (1999);
Vol. 14 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Sports Media (Volume 1 (2006) through current issue.) | |
 | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (Vol. 74 (2006) - vol. 75 (2007)) | |
 | Journal of the Early Republic (Vol. 25 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of the History of Ideas (Vol. 57 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of the History of Philosophy (Vol. 1 (1963) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of the History of Sexuality (Vol. 10 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth (Vol. 1 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of the Royal Musical Association (Vol. 130 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Victorian Culture (Vol. 11 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of Women's History (Vol. 11 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Journal of World History (Vol. 7 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Joyce Studies Annual (Vol. 12 (2001) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Labor Studies Journal (Vol. 27 (2002) - vol. 31 (2006)) | |
 | Language (Vol. 77 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Late Imperial China (Vol. 17 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Latin American Music Review (Vol. 22 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Latin American Politics & Society (Vol. 46 (2004) - vol. 49 (2007)) | |
 | Latin American Research Review (Vol. 38 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Legacy (Vol. 17, no. 2 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Leonardo (Vol. 34 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Leonardo Music Journal (Vol. 10 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Libraries & the Cultural Record (Vol. 36 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | The Library: The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society (Vol. 7 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Library Trends (Vol. 54 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Linguistic Inquiry (Vol. 31, no. 4 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | The Lion and the Unicorn (Vol. 1 (1977) through current issue) | |
 | Literature and Medicine (Vol. 14 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Vol. 3, no. 4 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Luso-Brazilian Review (Vol. 41 (2004) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft (Vol. 1 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Manoa (Vol. 11, no. 2 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Marvels & Tales (Vol. 15 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Mediterranean Quarterly (Vol. 10, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 11 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism (Vol. 4 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (Vol. 47 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | MFS Modern Fiction Studies (Vol. 31, no. 1 (1985) through current issue) | |
 | Milton Quarterly (Vol. 31 (1997) - vol. 34 (2000)) | |
 | The Missouri Review (Vol. 27 (2004) through current issue
) | |
 | MLN (Vol. 108, no. 4 (1993);
Vol. 110 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | MLQ: Modern Language Quarterly (Vol. 60, no. 2 (1999);
Vol. 61 (2000) - vol. 65 (2004)) | |
 | Modern Drama (Vol. 48 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Modern Judaism (Vol. 16 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Modernism/modernity (Vol. 1 (1994) through current issue) | |
 | Monatshefte (Vol. 99 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Monumenta Nipponica (Vol. 60 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada (Vol. 7 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | The Moving Image (Vol. 3 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Music and Letters (Vol. 85 (2004) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | Pacific Science (Vol. 55 (2001) - vol. 61 (2007)) | |
 | PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art (Vol. 18 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Paragraph (Vol. 29 (2006) - Vol. 31 (2008)) | |
 | Parergon (Vol. 22 (2005) through current issue) | |
 | Parliamentary History (Vol. 25 (2006) - vol. 26 (2007)) | |
 | Partial Answers: Journal of Literature and the History of Ideas (Vol. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Past & Present (Number 188 (2005) - Number 197 (Nov. 2007)) | |
 | Pedagogy (Vol. 1 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (Vol. 43, no. 2 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Perspectives on Science (Vol. 6 (1998) through current issue) | |
 | Philosophy and Literature (Vol. 19 (1995) through current issue) | |
 | Philosophy East and West (Vol. 50, no. 4 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Philosophy of Music Education Review (Vol. 11 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (Vol. 1 (1994) through current issue) | |
 | Population, English edition (Vol. 63 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Population Review (Vol. 42 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | portal: Libraries and the Academy (Vol. 1 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Postmodern Culture (Vol. 1 (1990) through current issue) | |
 | Prairie Schooner (Vol. 77 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (Vol. 1 (2007) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | SAIS Review (Vol. 15, Special Issue (1995) through current issue) | |
 | The Scottish Historical Review (Vol. 85 (2006) - vol. 87 (2008)) | |
 | SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 (Vol. 39 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies (Vol. 42 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Sewanee Review (Vol. 115 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Shakespeare Bulletin (Vol. 24 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Shakespeare Quarterly (Vol. 52 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies (Vol. 19, no. 3 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Sign Language Studies (Vol. 1 (2000/01) through current issue) | |
 | Small Axe (Vol. 5 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society (Vol. 10 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Social Science History (Vol. 23, no. 4 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Social Text (Vol. 17, no. 3 (1999);
Vol. 18 (2000) - vol. 22 (2004)) | |
 | Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia (Vol. 21 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | South Central Review (Vol. 21 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Southeastern Geographer (Vol. 44 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Southern Cultures (Vol. 6, no. 4 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | The Southern Literary Journal (Vol. 33 (2000/01) through current issue) | |
 | Southwestern Historical Quarterly (Vol. 110 (2006-2007) ) | |
 | Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality (Vol. 1 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Steinbeck Review (Vol. 3 (2006) - vol. 4 (2007) ) | |
 | Steinbeck Studies (Vol. 15 (2004) - vol. 16 (2005)) | |
 | Studies in American Indian Literatures (Vol. 16 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Studies in Bibliography (Vol. 55 (2002) through current issue) | |
 | Studies in Eighteenth Century Culture (Vol. 36 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Studies in Philology (Vol. 100, no. 1 (2003) through current issue) | |
 | Studies in the Novel (Vol. 40 (2008) through current issue) | |
 | Studies in World Christianity (Vol. 12 (2006) - vol. 14 (2008)) | |
 | symploke (Vol. 5 (1997) through current issue) | |
| Journal | Free Sample Issue |
 | TDR: The Drama Review (Vol. 43, no. 3 (1999) through current issue) | |
 | Technology and Culture (Vol. 39, no. 3 (1998) through current issue) | |
 | Texas Studies in Literature and Language (Vol. 43 (2001) through current issue) | |
 | Textual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, Interpretation (Vol. 1 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Theater (Vol. 29, no. 2 (1999);
Vol. 30 (2000) - vol. 34 (2004)) | |
 | Theatre Journal (Vol. 48 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Theatre Topics (Vol. 6 (1996) through current issue) | |
 | Theory & Event (Vol. 1 (1997) through current issue) | |
 | Theory Into Practice (Vol. 42 (2003) - Vol. 43 (2004)) | |
 | Tolkien Studies (Vol. 1 (2004) through current issue) | |
 | Transactions of the American Philological Association (Vol. 130 (2000) through current issue) | |
 | Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society: A Quarterly Journal in American Philosophy (Vol. 42 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa (No. 49 (2002) through current issue) | |
 | Translation and Literature (Vol. 15 (2006) through current issue) | |
 | Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (Vol. 26 (2007) through current issue) | |
 | Twentieth-Century China (Vol. 33, no. 1 (2007) through current issue) | |
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