Getting the Most from the JSTOR Archive Institute for the Economy in Transition Moscow, Russia Stephanie Krueger, Outreach & Education Specialist, May

Outline History and Background Content Overview Using JSTOR –Searching –Working with Articles and Citations –Working with JSTOR links –Usage Statistics –Accessibility

About JSTOR Originally conceived by William G. Bowen, President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1994 Established as an independent not-for- profit organization in August 1995 Initially a pilot project (University of Michigan) to provide electronic access to the backfiles of ten journals in two core fields, economics and history

About JSTOR Reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature Primary functions: preservation and access over time At present, 390 journals in eleven collections Over 14 million pages Archival content only Focus on the social sciences and humanities

Business Collection: Overview 46 important business and management journals (20 of which are completely new to JSTOR) Approximately 1,700,000 pages The Academy of Management Journal and The Academy of Management Review (also: Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Operations Research and Strategic Management Journal) Title list at:

Business Collection: Content

JSTOR Content Utility JSTOR content: – Is useful as a template to emulate –Offers an opportunity for creative analysis within and across disciplines –Provides a medium for sharing knowledge with others in team approaches –Is useful for research papers & projects, honors theses, pre-graduate and graduate study

Using JSTOR: Basic Search Basic Search Multiple search terms on the same line are interpreted as a phrase Not case-sensitive Boolean operators available: –and, or, near (10 words), near (25 words) Segments available to search: –full-text, author, abstract, title, caption (Note: Only about 10% of articles in JSTOR have abstracts or captions )

Using JSTOR: Advanced Search Advanced Search Useful when working with sophisticated queries, synonyms, transliterated words and for controlled proximity searching Command-line search entry Boolean operators available: – and, or, andnot

Using JSTOR: Advanced Search Advanced Search Enclose terms in quotes “north american free trade agreement” or “NAFTA” Use + for plurals (English plurals only; no stemming, truncation or wildcards) "genome+" and ("evolution" or "evolutionary") Ability to search on item by field(s) "genome+"/title and ("evolution" or "evolutionary") and ("sequence"+/abstract)

Using JSTOR: Advanced Search Advanced Search Proximity operators: with a sentence, within a number of words, or within the same page: sentence("united nations","resolution+","general assembly+") words(3,“William”,”DuBois”) or words(3,”W”,DuBois”) page("imprisonment+","robben island")

Using JSTOR: Save Citations Feature Useful for exporting citations into management software (e.g., EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, RefWorks) –Filter under “TIPS” (can be customized or users can create their own) –Tab Delimited option also available (export into Excel instead of management software) 200 citations can be saved Saved citations are deleted when user: –Removes them from the list –Closes browser –Exits JSTOR

Exporting Citations: JSTOR Citation List Options: Save All Citations on this page View Saved Citations (also indicates how many citations have previously been saved)

Exporting Citations: JSTOR Citation List Export citations: As text, or in a new window In citation- manager, printer- friendly, or tab- delimited formats

Terms and Conditions of Use Users may print and/or download one copy of an article for personal use – users may not download or print entire issues and volumes JSTOR articles may be used for ILL (print copies delivered by mail or fax) – T&C does not currently permit electronic ILL (e.g., Ariel) Citations may be sent via to non- affiliated users Please refer to the JSTOR license agreement and the Terms & Conditions of Use ( for more information.

Using JSTOR: Printing and Downloading Printing Use JSTOR’s “PRINT” button If experiencing slow printing, you may wish to investigate using JPRINT Downloading Three options: TIFF (accessibility option), PDF (recommended for most users), PostScript (some UNIX users) Terms & Conditions of Use:

Using JSTOR Links Links can be created to a particular: –Journal –Table of Contents –Article Useful in subject guides and web pages –Cut and paste links into web documents or course management software –Note: Users may need to authenticate if off- campus to access links

Links in Web Pages Steps: 1.Cut link out of JSTOR. 2.Paste into web editing software or course management software. 3.If an HTML page, place on a web server.

Linking & JSTOR: Article-level Linking Partners Article-level linking from other resources to JSTOR: –ABC-CLIO: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life –Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) –EBSCOhost –Endeavor (LinkFinderPlus) –ExLibris (SFX) –Family Scholar Publishing (Family Index Database) –Gale (MLA International Bibliography) –H.W. Wilson (WilsonWeb) –Ingenta –Innovative Interfaces (III) (WebBridge) –MathSciNet –National Information Services Corportation (NISC) (BiblioLine) –OCLC FirstSearch –Openly Informatics (1-Cate) –ProQuest Information and Learning (PCI) –Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) –Serials Solutions (ArticleLinker)

Linking & JSTOR: Partner Linking Example RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)

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