UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Effective March 5, Penn State University Press (PSUP) granted full access to its 85 published journals University-wide across Penn State University Libraries. At all Penn State locations, University Libraries visitors are now able to access top-tier scholarship while connected to a Penn State network.
“With recent technological advances in Penn State University Press’ journals division, I’m thrilled to see full journals access across all Penn State campus libraries lead to outcomes that amplify the University’s land-grant mission,” said Faye Chadwell, dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications.
Publishing 85 titles annually, the journals division works to advance scholarship in the humanities and social sciences across the globe. On a macro level, this accounts for more than 150 individual issues published each year spanning the disciplines of education, social sciences, philosophy, history, literature, religious studies and cultural studies.
“The PSUP journals program plays a crucial role in shaping academic research in a variety of disciplines and fields in the humanities and social sciences, including Middle Eastern studies, literary studies, philosophy, history and economics. It is a remarkable development to share the groundbreaking scholarly work done by the press journals with members of the greater Penn State community,” said Nergis Ertürk, editor of Comparative Literature Studies, a journal overseen by Penn State’s Department of Comparative Literature.
All journal issues are available via the Scholarly Publishing Collective, a collaboration between PSUP and other nonprofit scholarly journal publishers and societies. The Collective’s Silverchair platform provides tools and services for scholarly and professional publishers to thrive, evolve and fulfill their missions. The simple, easy-to-use platform helps connect users to timely scholarship and research when they need it most.
“This is a great opportunity for the Penn State community to access a wide range of scholarly works,” said Terrence Guay, an editor of Journal of Development Perspectives and associate dean for international programs at the Smeal College of Business. “This is a great initiative to further scholarship, allowing a wide cross-disciplinary engagement and dissemination of ideas and evidence.”
“The Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, published by Penn State University Press and available to read through the University Libraries, is a richly illustrated peer-reviewed publication that covers this fascinating region’s prehistoric to premodern past in informed articles and discussions of current issues,” said Ann E. Killebrew, associate professor, classics and ancient Mediterranean studies, Jewish studies and anthropology and editor of the journal. “I'm looking forward to the Press’ ability to work together with the University Libraries and to the tremendous potential of this cooperation for the advancement of scholarship at Penn State and at the global scale.”
Registration is not required for Penn State users to access the journal content online; simply visit Scholarly Publishing Collective when connected to a University network to take advantage of complimentary access to the normally gated content. For questions or additional information, please contact journals@psu.edu.