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JSTOR

Getting Started Basic Search Advanced Search  Expert Search Article Locator Locating Citations

JSTOR is an archive of 360 core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Many of the journals date from the 19th century. JSTOR has a moving wall policy that keeps a 2 to 5 year gap between current articles and articles in in the database.


Getting Started

1. JSTOR can be accessed from the Fogler Library Website by clicking on Indexes and Databases , and then clicking on J in the Databases A-Z List.
2. To access the database remotely you will need to use your UMaine card. If you card is not in the system, it will need to activated first. For problems see Remote Access Troubleshooting.

Basic Search

JSTOR Basic Search
1. Basic searches  author, title, and full-text of all journals. The user can use a checkbox to limit to full-text content.
2. Basic supports the Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT
    Example: European AND history
3. Basic supports phrase searching using ""
    Example: "English Language Learners"
4. Basic allows field searching for author and title
    Example: au: "john lombardi"

Advanced Search

JSTOR Advanced Search
1. Advanced Search contains search boxes that search the same functions as AND, OR, NOT, phrase searching.
2. Advanced Search allows the user to use checkboxes to limit by field, type, and date.
3. Advanced Search allows the user to limit results by Journal Title/s.
4. Advanced Search allows the user to use checkboxes to limit the search by Discipline and also by journals within a Discipline.

Expert Search

JSTOR Expert Search
1. Expert Search supports complex Boolean, phrase, and field searching.
JSTOR Expert Search
2. Expert Search  allows the user to combine complex searching with checkboxes for limiting field, type, and date.
3. Expert Search allows the user to use checkboxes to limit the search by Discipline and also by journals within a Discipline.

Article Locator

JSTOR Article Locator
1. Article locator allows the users to entire pieces of information to locate a specific journal article.
2. Article locator offers blank search boxes for Article Title, Author, ISSN, Volume, Issue, Start Page, and Year.
3. Article locator offers a scroll down menus  for Journal, Month, and Day

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cynthia.crosser@umit.maine.edu | Revised: 01/25/2008


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