What is JSTOR search?

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.

What is JSTOR used for?

JSTOR is a digital library for the intellectually curious. We help everyone discover, share, and connect valuable ideas.

Is JSTOR a credible source?

A trusted, highly used source

JSTOR is a starting point for researchers and one of the most trusted, highly used platforms.

What is JSTOR search engine?

JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. JSTOR includes scholarship published in more than 2,800 of the highest-quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Is JSTOR free to use?

JSTOR provides free access to millions of images, articles, and books. Our partnerships with libraries and publishers help us make images, articles, books, and other materials discoverable and freely accessible worldwide.

Find what you need quickly on JSTOR

What is the disadvantage of JSTOR?

Limitations. The availability of most journals on JSTOR is controlled by a "moving wall", which is an agreed-upon delay between the current volume of the journal and the latest volume available on JSTOR.

What are the cons of JSTOR?

Cons: JSTOR searches the full text of every article, so you may find items that mention your search terms only once (your search terms may not be the main focus of the article)

Who can access JSTOR?

Who uses JSTOR?

Used in more than 13,000 schools, universities, and institutions around the world, the collections in JSTOR include peer-reviewed scholarly journals, respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports, and primary sources from libraries' special collections and archives.

What is JSTOR and how does it work?

Description: JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources.

How much does it cost to use JSTOR?

Choose Your JSTOR Access. 2,000+ academic journals to help back up your work. Plans start at $19.50. JPASS is an easy way to access the world's leading academic research.

Why is JSTOR so expensive?

JSTOR is and was a driving force behind the digitalization of scholarly works and most academic journals. JSTOR's sole function is to maintain these archives, even if/when it is not commercially viable to do so. All of this costs money. Universities and companies pay for JSTOR so that it can keep doing its job.

Who pays for JSTOR?

JSTOR offers tiered fees and flexible purchasing options for libraries and organizations. We adjust our fees based on your institution's size, type, and country. Participants include small institutions, large universities, secondary schools, and every type in between.

Is JSTOR a database or website?

JSTOR is a database of articles and books, some of which are primary sources and others that are secondary.

Is JSTOR a peer-reviewed?

While the majority of journals collected in JSTOR are considered peer-reviewed publications, our archives also contain some specific primary source materials (such as some journals in the Ireland Collection and the 19th Century British Pamphlet Collection).

Is JSTOR considered a scholarly source?

However, all content on JSTOR is considered scholarly content. In the following section we'll look at the peer review process, the definition of scholarly content, and how that relates to content on JSTOR.

How to use JSTOR for free?

How do I search in JSTOR?

The JSTOR homepage highlights a general search bar for convenient searching of text and images. You can enter keyword phrases, keywords, authors, and/or titles without any special formatting to return a broad list of results.

Why is JSTOR good?

JSTOR Searches Broadly-- You'll be likely to find something on many topics. JSTOR shows citations to articles, reports, book chapters, e-books, book reviews, and other materials in a wide range of disciplines. It often but not always includes the text of articles in pdf.

How can I access articles for free?

You can search across many repositories using search engines such as Google, Google Scholar or specialist Open Access tools such as CORE. You can also search a university's repository directly if you are interested in the research of a particular author or a research department.

How do I cancel JSTOR?

Go to the "JPASS Downloads" section of your JSTOR account. Click "Cancel Plan," and then click "Cancel my subscription."

Is Google Scholar free to use?

Google Scholar is a free full-text search engine like Google, but focuses on scholarly content like journals, books, and dissertations. You can also expand the search to include patents. The resources you find in Google Scholar may be paywalled, but the searching itself is free.

Is Sci hub illegal?

Andrew Pitts, CEO of scholarly publishing tech company PSI, said: “By accessing Sci-Hub, users may inadvertently download potentially dangerous content from this illegal site and put the security of their organisations at risk.”

Is PubMed free to the public?

PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally. The PubMed database contains more than 36 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.

What type of sources does JSTOR have?

Primary source collections currently available on JSTOR are multidisciplinary and discipline-specific and include select monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, oral histories, government documents, images, 3D models, spatial data, type specimens, drawings, paintings, and more.