About JSTOR

JSTOR is a subscription Internet-based database containing the full-text archives of scholarly journals, some of which date back to the 1800s.  Current issues are usually not included and there is sometimes a gap of 1-5 years between the most recent issue of a journal in print and the most recent issue on JSTOR.

The MCC Libraries’ subscription provides access to titles in the following disciplines: African-American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Asian Studies, Botany, Business, Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, General Science, Geography, History, History of Science, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.

Accessing JSTOR

Searching JSTOR

Navigating

Use the navigational bar (see below) at the top of screen to move around the database.

Search

• Click on <Search> in the navigational bar
• Enter your search terms (JSTOR Basic Search)
  • Only one word or phrase per line
  • To combine multiple search terms, enter search words/phrases on separate lines and use the link words (AND, OR, NEAR) in the drop down boxes to the left of the search boxes.
• Select the appropriate discipline(s) and/or journals.
  • Clicking on <Expand Journal List> will allow you to choose individual titles within each discipline. Click on <Collapse the journal list> to return to the list of disciplines.
• Refine search (optional)
• Click <Begin Search>

Look through entire issues of your favorite JSTOR publications using the Browse feature:

• Click on <Browse> in the navigational bar
• Select the appropriate discipline
• Select your journal

Retrieval Options

You can print .pdf versions of JSTOR articles if your computer has Adobe Acrobat Reader.  This free software may be downloaded from the following site: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.  You can also download a .pdf version of JSTOR articles and save them to your computer’s hard drive or to a disk.

A. Harrington, Revised 9/2007, http://www.monroecc.edu/go/library

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