Quick Guide: JSTOR

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Introduction and scope of resource
Accessing JSTOR
Enter your search

View Results
Too many results?
Printing or downloading

JSTOR (Journal Storage) offers full text access for a range of scholarly journals in various disciplines, such as African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. JSTOR is restricted to use by GW students, staff, and faculty. It can be accessed from any computer with web access, both on and off campus.

1. Introduction and scope of resource

: JSTOR is a good choice for finding full-text scholarly journal articles.

2. Accessing JSTOR

To get to JSTOR:

Go to the ALADIN Research Portal (http://aladin.wrlc.org).
(If you are off campus, here is where you will be asked to log in. See NOTE, below.)
In middle column, click on Databases by Title.
On the next page, click on the letter 'J' in the horizontal alphabet.
In the full list of the Js, locate JSTOR, and click on the database name to open it.

Or go directly to JSTOR here.

NOTE: If you are logging in from a off-campus computer, you will have to log on to ALADIN to be allowed access to the ALADIN databases. In the first box, type in your last name. In the Patron ID box, type in either your institutional ID number or Library User Barcode number, located on the back of your GWorld card and beginning with the numbers 22882. For the Institution, select George Washington from the dropdown menu. Press Continue and follow the directions above to find the database.

3. Enter your search

: Enter a search, such as:

To get results, click on the gray Search button.

Limiting the search to just the 'abstract' (the summary) focuses (limits) your the search. To expand your search, change that drop-down to 'full-text'. Use quotation marks for a phrase.

5. View Results

Click on the PDF button in the citation to see the full text. Click on the link to the 'Article Information' to see the Abstract (summary) of the article.

6. Too many results?

Use the options in the 'Limit to' section of the JSTOR search page to focus your search. Limit by article type, date, or language. Or limit by selecting a discipline (or disiplines) from the long list at the bottom of the page.

7. Printing or downloading

: Open a PDF version of the article by clicking on the PDF button in the citation. The full article will open in a new window. To print it, click on the printer icon at the top of the page. To save it, click on 'Save a Copy'.

For questions regarding this database guide, please contact Janet Olsen. Last modified: 15Apr2008

If you require additional assistance in using Gelman's databases, please go to the Reference and Information Desk on the first floor of the library, or see the Ask A Librarian web page for more Help options, including telephone and e-mail.

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