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JSTOR: Information at a Glance

Resource Type
E-journals with a search engine.
Subject Area

We subscribe to all 8 collections, covering most subject areas. Some subjects have limited coverage: see the number of associated journals for each subject covered on the Search screen.

Availability
Trent - Access available to any valid Trent user, using their Novell Password in the Library, or at home through the PROXY SERVER.
How to Access

Click here to connect to JSTOR.

For off campus access, learn how to use the proxy server
Description

The JSTOR archive is a searchable electronic database of full-text research journals in a variety of academic disciplines. JSTOR includes the complete backruns of the journals, from the first volume to 2-10 years ago (no current volumes). Each title has a "moving wall" that determines which recent volumes are available; these walls can be 0-10 years and the current, incomplete year is not counted.

All articles are full text. Individual journals can be browsed or searched. A search of the entire database can be performed.

The Trent Library subscribes to the entire JSTOR collection: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, V, VI, Arts & Sciences Complement, and Life Sciences (Biological Sciences / Health and General Sciences combined). This includes over 1100 journals. See all titles included in the collections.

JSTOR, a not-for-profit organization, began in 1994 as a pilot project by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help libraries meet the space and budgetary challenges posed by the growing volume of scholarly research.

Notes

JSTOR does not need to be searched directly to find articles available within it. It is designed as a storage area for journals. When we search another major index (such as Historical Abstracts or Sociological Abstracts) and it identifies a citation to a journal that is available through JSTOR, the service will connect us to the article in JSTOR.

Available through a CRKN agreement (June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2011).

Coverage
Varies by journal. Begins with volume 1 of each journal and has a "moving wall" that determines which recent volumes are available; these walls can be 0-10 years and the current, incomplete year is not counted.
Update Frequency
Ongoing.
 
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