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JSTOR 


 

 

 

 

 


 

 

What is JSTOR? 

JSTOR is a full-text archive of key academic 
journals in the following areas: African 
American Studies, African Studies, 
anthropology, archeology, Asian Studies, 
botany, ecology, economics, education, 
finance, general science, geography, history, 
language and literature, Latin American 
Studies, Middle East Studies, mathematics, 
philosophy, political science, population 
studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics. 
Being an archive, it does NOT have the 
current issues of these journals. There is a 
�lag time� of 2-5 years. It does have the entire 
backfile of the journals it includes, however. 

 

How do I get to JSTOR? 

1. Through the web browser, go to the U of L 
Libraries main web page at: 
http://library.louisville.edu/


2. Click on All Databases A-Z in the �Articles� 
section in the center of the screen. 
3. Click on the letter �J� and scroll down to 
JSTOR. 


 4. Click on the JSTOR link. 

5. Click Search 

 

How do I search JSTOR? 

 

1. Type in the words you wish to search for in 
the text boxes. Choose search options from 
the drop down box to the right of the search 
boxes. This tells the computer where to 
look for your keywords. 


*Keep in mind that your topic will have to 
be at least several years old and will need to 
be an academic topic. (You probably will 
not find articles on �home gardening� for 
example). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




2. Next, select disciplines/journals to Search. 

 Scroll down to the list of disciplines (subjects) 

 and click the box next to the appropriate 
discipline you topic would fall under. If you are 
not sure, just click in all the boxes to search all 
the journals. 

 

3. Now, scroll all the way down and click the gray 
search button. 

 

Advanced Searching 

 

There is an advanced search function in JSTOR 
that you can access by clicking the Go to the 
Advanced Search Form directly above the text 
boxes. In the advanced search, you must put 
quotes around the terms you are searching for 
and combine these terms with Boolean 
operators. 

 

For example, �civil war� and �women� and 
�battlefields� 

 

You can also use the �+� truncation symbol to 
look for both the singular and plural forms of a 
word. Also, you can use parentheses to 
combine different Boolean operators. 

 

For example: �civil war� and (�women� or 
�female�) and �battlefield+�. 

 

This search would find the terms �civil war� 
and �battlefield� combined with both women 
and female(s). 

 

 Limiting to a particular field is possible in 
Advanced Search, such as �author�, �title�, 
�full-text� and �abstract� as well. 

 

 


 For example: �Johnson�/ author 

 

 This will find all the articles written by an 
author with the last name of Johnson. Title, 
Abstract, and full-text can be specified in the 
same way. Simply click on the desired limiter 
in the drop down menu box next to the text box. 

 

Can I find an article in JSTOR that I 
have a reference to? 

 

Yes, if you have an article reference that you 
have found somewhere else, you can pull up 
the article in JSTOR using a search under 
author or title of the article. Make sure the 
journal is one of the journals covered under 
JSTOR, and check the appropriate subject 
category (example: History journals). All the 
journals from JSTOR have records in Minerva. 
If you have a question about this, ask a 
librarian. 

 

How do I display an article? 

 

To display an article that you have found, click 
on the blue view article link under the citation in 
the results list. This link appears between two 
other links, one for the citation and one for the 
fist page where your search word(s) appears. 

 

What can I do with the articles I display 

 

To Print: Click on the Print button at the top 
of the screen, just under the toolbar. Now, 
click on Proceed with Printing. When the PDF 
file downloads, click on the printer icon at the 
top left of the window. Be prepared to wait!! 
It will take several minutes for the document to 
load. Once the document has loaded it will 
appear in a new window. When the article 
appears, click on the small print icon in the left 
corner of the window. 

 

*Note, if Adobe Acrobat is not loaded on the 
computer you are working on, this print 
process will not work and you will get an error 
message. At this point, you can choose to 
download the free Adobe Acrobat software 
(just follow the link off the JSTOR print page). 

To Save to Disk: To download a PDF file, 
you can choose either PDF: High Quality or PDF: 
Economy. You may want to choose the 
economy option, to save disk space and time. 
High quality takes some time to download, and 
the picture quality isn�t much better than High 
Quality. 

 

*Note that all JSTOR files are images this 
means you cannot copy and paste text or 
manipulate the file in any way. However you 
may copy the stable URL�s and paste them into 
an online bibliography, syllabus, or other web 
page. 

 

To Email: This option is not available from 
JSTOR. 

 

What do I do if I have questions or 
problems? 

 

For more information on searching JSTOR, use 
the online �Help� guide or ask a reference 
librarian. 

 

Ekstrom Library 852-6747 

 

Health Sciences Library 852-5771 

 

Kersey Engineering Library 852-6297 

 

Music Library 852-5659 

 

Art Library 852-6741 

 

Law Library 852-6393