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Getting Started With Jstor Jstor Database Introduction Search Tips

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This database offers access to over 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources. Subjects include history, economics, history of medicine, religion, and more. History, economics, political science, and sociology, along with other fields in the humanities and social sciences. Yes. All materials in JSTOR are scholarly and academic. JSTOR has several different collections, not all of which we subscribe to.

If you don't see a PDF copy of the item, we can get it free through Interlibrary Loan. JSTOR focuses on historical materials, not current items. Articles are typically added 3 to 5 years after they are published. The search bar on the JSTOR homepage allows you to search across all types of content including text, images, audio, and video. You can enter one or more keywords, authors, and/or titles without any special formatting to return a broad list of results. For example, a search for Jane Austen (without quotation marks) will return items that contain both Jane AND Austen, either together or separately.

Whereas a search for "Jane Austen" (within quotation marks) will only return results that contain this name exactly. The total number of items that match your search is displayed on the search results page above your results. You can use the Content Type filters in the Refine Results sidebar to quickly narrow your results to scholarly and/or primary sources. Here are the types of content you can find on JSTOR: You can further refine your search results by using the filters and facets in the Refine Results sidebar. Note that certain filters only apply to certain types of content.

See Searching: Using Filters and Facets to learn more. How can students and researchers go from an idea for a topic to researching it, narrowing it down, and finding appropriate resources? The first step is to choose a topic that interests you! If you’re not interested in your subject, you won’t be committed to the research. So let your curiosity be your guide from the outset. If you’re new to JSTOR or the research process, I recommend you start with the “Using JSTOR to Start Your Research” guide.

It will walk you through some of JSTOR’s basic functions, including how to save your work as you go. I also recommend “An Introduction to Searching on JSTOR,” which explains both the main Search bar and the Refine Results sidebar on the JSTOR homepage. Ready for more? Read on for a step-by-step guide to going deep with your search results. Using a sample research project, I’ll show you how to find the sources you’ll need to produce your best work. For this sample project, I’m interested in learning more about how people in the past dealt with pandemics.

That’s a pretty broad topic, so I need to narrow it down: instead of just saying “the past,” I need to decide on a period and/or a specific pandemic. I’ve heard of the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 before, but I don’t know much about it. Doing some cursory research online—Google searches, Wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britannica reading— I’ve learned that the pandemic was global (despite its name), so now I need to decide on a location as well. For now, I’ll look into the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 in the United States. Now that I know a few more specifics of my topic, I can form an early research question. What am I trying to find out from my topic?

When you first start your research, it’s okay for your research question to be somewhat broad. Once you do some background research you might narrow down your question to a specific location or group/community of people, or you might leave it as is. It depends on how in-depth you want to go. Email: support@jstor.org Text: (734)-887-7001 Call Toll Free in the U.S.: (888)-388-3574 Call Local and International: (734)-887-7001 Hours of operation: Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

EDT (GMT -4:00) JSTOR supports full-text keyword searching across all of the content on www.jstor.org. This includes images and content from articles, books, and pamphlets from cover to cover. The default setting for search results is to show matches for only content licensed or purchased by the library. A researcher may choose to change this setting for their own session. There are two search forms on JSTOR.org, a Basic Search (on the main page at www.jstor.org) and an Advanced Search (www.jstor.org/action/showAdvancedSearch).

This guide provides quick tips for searching and understanding search results. For more in-depth search documentation, see the JSTOR support site page for Searching on JSTOR. Tutorials may contain information that is library-specific and not applicable to our Library. The basic search in JSTOR allows you to put in keywords AND operators as you like. It also offers the advanced search just below. Because JSTOR is searching so many documents at once, I find the advanced search more useful, but either will get you something on the topic.

1. JSTOR doesn't have a thesaurus or list of subject terms. Therefore, you may have to use synonyms strung together with the OR boolean operator, field tags, which mark parts of a citation, or both, to draw up a more specific set. For example: ti:Twelfth Night OR 12th Night for the play's title IN an item's title 2. You may use quotation marks around a phrase to make JSTOR search for it as that phrase.

3. You can use * as a truncation symbol; a stem word and * , like comput*, gets compute, computation, computers, computing and so on. Check out our training videos to learn about core and new functionality and the multiple types of content now available on JSTOR. You can also browse all videos on our YouTube channel or check out our curated playlists. Learn how to use the search results page to effectively expand and narrow your searches. (7 minutes)

Learn how to get started with basic search, advanced search and image search on JSTOR. (4 minutes) Create a personal account and pair it to your institution for easy access to JSTOR from anywhere. (3 minutes) On this page you will find a directory of our most helpful video tutorials. For more tutorials, please check out our JSTOR YouTube Channel with curated playlists.

Learn how to use the search results page to effectively expand and narrow your searches. (7 minutes) Learn how to get started with basic search, advanced search and image search on JSTOR. (4 minutes) Create a personal account and pair it to your institution for easy access to JSTOR from anywhere. (3 minutes)

A quick guide to using subject, title, and item type searches to find the content you need. (8 minutes Email: support@jstor.org Text: (734)-887-7001 Call Toll Free in the U.S.: (888)-388-3574 Call Local and International: (734)-887-7001 Hours of operation: Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT -4:00)

JSTOR training is free, and delivered via on-demand webinars or by video. We also have teaching resources available for educators to use in their classroom or to compliment other training. A current list of platform education sessions and other special topics webinars (both live and prerecorded) is maintained on the Webinars page. Our recommended core training video series includes:

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