More JSTOR Help

For in-depth JSTOR help or general research assistance, please speak with a librarian at the Reference Desk in Seymour Library, 341-7228.

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 Use JSTOR to find full-text
scholarly journal articles
 in the Humanities and
Biological & Social Sciences.
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What is JSTOR?

  • JSTOR is a multidisciplinary database of full-text scholarly journal articles with a strong emphasis in the Humanities and Sciences. The name JSTOR is a combination of the two words, journal and storage.
  • JSTOR concentrates on complete back issues of journals and does not have current issues.
  • We subscribe to only three JSTOR Collections (as of July 2007): 
    1. Arts & Sciences I (119 journals)
    2. Arts & Sciences II (125 journals)
    3. Ecology and Botany (29 journals)
  • Google Web and Google Scholar Search results will include links to articles within JSTOR.
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How to Access JSTOR

  • Start from the Knox College Library's Home Page (http://library.knox.edu/)
Access Option 1
  1. Click on “Selecting a journal database: A-Z list”
  2. Scroll down and select JSTOR
Access Option 2
  1. Select JSTOR from the Quick Links drop-down menu
Access Option Off Campus
  1. Click on "Selecting a journal database: A-Z list"
  2. Click the link for JSTOR
  3. Type in your Knox user name and password
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Basic Search

  • Searches the full-text of the entire database (all subjects).
  • Search with keywords and combine multiple terms with AND, OR, or NOT
      • phenomenology
      • phenomenology AND hegel
  • Search exact phrases with quotation marks
      • "black arts movement"
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Advanced Search

  • This feature works best if you want to combine multiple concepts.
  • Search within specific fields: full-text, author, article title, abstract, or caption. 
  • Narrow your search by:
    • Field (drop down menu): Full-text, Author, Article Title, Abstract, and Caption.
      • Note: there aren’t many article abstracts in JSTOR.
    • Type: Article, Review, Opinion Piece, etc.
    • Date Range: Limit by year, month, and/or day ranges
    • Language: English, Spanish, French, Latin, etc.
    • Discipline/Journal: Limit your search to one or more discipline or journal.
Advanced Search Example: if you were looking for articles about feminism in poetry during the black arts movement, your search may look like this:

JSTOR Advanced Search
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Article Locator

Use this option to retrieve an article using specific citation information (author, title, journal, etc.).

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Search Tips
Truncation Add an asterisk (*) at the end of keywords to retrieve terms with variant endings. For example: phenomenolog* = phenomenology, phenomenologist, phenomenological, etc.

JSTOR Basic Search with Truncation
Proximity Search Find articles that have your search terms close together for more relevant articles. For example: "Hegel phenomenology"~4 will search for the two terms within 4 words of each other (ignoring punctuation).

JSTOR Basic Search with Proximity Operator
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Understanding Search Results
Example of a JSTOR Citation
~ Key to the two bottom lines from the above image ~
Stable URL Use this URL for citing articles in research papers.
Article Information This link displays the article's full citation.
Page of First Match This link will take you directly to the page of where your search terms will first appear.
Print Select this link to print the article. Then click "Proceed with printing." A new window will open - be sure to print using the Adobe button – not the browser’s print button.
Download Select this link to save the article as either TIFF or PDF.
Save Citation This link will temporarily save the article information and you can proceed with searching and viewing articles. Go back to the citations by clicking “View Saved Citations”.
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