Who is the intended audience of JSTOR?

JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, and researchers, and students of all kinds that provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, images, shared collections, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

What is the purpose of JSTOR?

JSTOR” stands for “Journal Storage" and is a protected electronic archive of leading journals across many academic disciplines. It provides text-searchable, high-quality . pdf facsimiles of each journal article from a publication's inception up to the past 3-5 years.

Who can use JSTOR?

What is JSTOR best for?

JSTOR offers millions of primary sources across four collections, supporting research and teaching in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

What type of sources are JSTOR?

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.

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Is JSTOR good for primary sources?

JSTOR offers millions of primary sources across four collections, supporting research and teaching in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Is JSTOR only for history?

Full runs of more than 2,800 top scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR works with a diverse group of nearly 1,200 publishers from more than 57 countries to preserve and make their content digitally available.

Is JSTOR a reliable source?

A trusted, highly used source

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

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.

Can students use JSTOR?

Individual accounts can be paired with your school for access to JSTOR. This means students can log in directly at jstor.org with their personal username and password for off-campus access. To setup account pairing, a first-time user should go directly to JSTOR and be sure they are logged in through their school.

How expensive is 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.

Is JSTOR the best database?

JSTOR is an excellent database, and as a full-text database it offers researchers instant gratification with full-text PDFs available for immediate download. However, relying solely on JSTOR as a source is not the best strategy and may impact the quality of your research and the paper you produce.

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.

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.

What is alternative to JSTOR?

Is JSTOR a journal or database?

JSTOR is more of a database (a respository, if you will). It is a collection of different articles published by various journals.

Does JSTOR cite Harvard?

JSTOR has partnered with TypeCite, a free citation tool that specializes in APA, MLA, and Harvard formats, to provide JSTOR users with metadata (title of journal, edition, number, pagination details, contributor details, etc.)

Is everything on JSTOR academic?

While all of content on JSTOR are considered scholarly sources, some of the older content may not be peer-reviewed. Clarify with your instructor whether you need peer-reviewed items before starting your assignment research.

Do you have to cite JSTOR?

JSTOR is an online database for scholarly article. Its articles are available online and hence you have to cite them as online database, with DOI.

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).

Do public libraries have access to JSTOR?

Please note: JSTOR for public libraries is limited to walk-in access.

Is JSTOR still free?

With a free personal JSTOR account, you can read up to 100 articles online for free every 30 days. Note: According to publisher policies, not all articles are included in the free online reading program. To get started: Create a personal account or sign in to your existing personal account.

How is JSTOR funded?

JSTOR Daily is primarily funded by ITHAKA, the nonprofit parent organization of JSTOR. Additional, crucial funding comes from our individual readers who join our membership program on Patreon. Members get exclusive member-only content that varies by membership level.

Is JSTOR for profit?

As part of ITHAKA, JSTOR's mission is to improve access to knowledge and education for people around the world. As a not-for-profit, we partner with libraries, museums, and publishers to reduce costs, extend access, and preserve scholarship for the future.