JSTOR (an acronym for Journal STORage) is a large, stable electronic backfile containing the full text of core academic journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences (over 500 titles!). JSTOR is unique among other full text databases because complete backfiles have been scanned and are searchable online. Their digitization results in a high resolution scanned image, which is a perfect replica of the original journal page.
Printing is also unique. Choose PRINT from within Jstor so that printjob is complete, with correct margins.
Coverage starts with the first issue of each title and stops at a 'moving wall,' a period of 4 or 5 of the most recent years maintained by the journal publisher. As each year passes, another year of issues is digitized and added to the archive. This makes JSTOR a great resource for older materials, but it isn't a place to find the most recently published research on a topic.
JSTOR offers simple, advanced and expert searching, with multiple options such as using keywords, topics, titles, authors and dates. You can also limit by discipline, journal title and publication date range.
The truly interdisciplinary nature of JSTOR becomes evident as soon as you enter the database. Choose the areas you're interested in, or search the whole collection and turn up hits from journals in philosophy, history, education, anthropology and psychology, to name a few.
If you have any questions about using or accessing JSTOR or our other resources, call the reference desk at x4217, or email us at ask.andy@fandm.edu.
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