Why do people use JSTOR?

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

What is the benefit of using JSTOR?

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.

What is unique about JSTOR?

Unique benefits

In addition to ever-growing content at no added cost, we are committed to delivering high-quality, curated journal collections that provide full-run coverage and long-term preservation. This has helped to make JSTOR one of the most trusted and relied-upon research and teaching platforms.

What makes JSTOR reliable?

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. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico.

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.

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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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

What JSTOR stands for?

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.

What are two advantages of using JSTOR for scholarly research?

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 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 much does JSTOR pay writers?

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Feature stories typically range from 1,800 to 2,000 words. The submission guidelines confirm (but don't specify) that contributors are paid, so Who Pays Writers reports the average pay is 31 cents per word.

Is JSTOR Legal?

JSTOR is licensed mainly to academic institutions, public libraries, research institutions, museums, and schools. More than 7,000 institutions in more than 150 countries have access.

Does JSTOR have Harvard referencing?

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.)

How much does a JSTOR account cost?

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 always peer-reviewed?

Is all journal content on JSTOR peer reviewed? Nearly all of the journals collected in JSTOR are peer-reviewed publications, but the archives also contain primary sources and content that is much older than today's standard peer-review process.

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 citation accurate?

Be aware that citations copied directly from JSTOR's citation tool may contain errors or have missing elements. Always check the citations carefully and correct any errors, including proper formatting, spacing, capitalization and punctuation.

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 does JSTOR work?

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.