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JSTOR

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JSTOR's archival journal collections in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Coverage begins at the first volume and issue of the journal ever published. JSTOR guide

JSTOR

JSTOR	DESCRIPTION	EXAMPLES
Finding variations of a word	Truncation and wildcards * replaces 0...n symbols and it can be used anywhere except in the beginning of the word ? replaces one symbol Word roots must contain at least three letters preceding a wildcard.	behavio* > behavio(u)r, behaviorist, behavio(u)rism, organi?ation > organization, organisation anesthe \| anesthe* OR anaesthe*
Finding variations of a word	Searching for different written forms with the symbol ~ (so-called fuzzy search)	*dostoyevsky*~ > dostoyevsky, dostoevsky, dostoievski, dostoevsky, dostoyevski, dostoevskii, dostoevski
Phrases	Phrase inside quotation marks Truncation or other symbols attached to the search term cannot be used.	"united nations" "self image" = "self-image" > self-image, self image
Boolean operators	AND is the default operator so it can be left out.	*peace "united nations" = peace* AND "united nations"**
	Operator OR searches for different options.	"league of nations" OR "united nations"
	NOT is an unconditional operation.	"league of nations" NOT "united nations"
	The order of precedence is as follows: 1. AND 2. OR Parentheses can be added to override the order of precedence: parentheses are always processed first.	"currency reform" AND (russia OR "soviet union")
Proximity operators - are based on calculation, punctuation marks are not taken into account - search terms can be in any order	Proximity is expressed with the symbol ~ and a number. The search terms are written inside quotation marks. Truncation or other symbols attached to the search term cannot be used. Phrases cannot be used either.	"debt forgiveness"~10 "learn write"~3 OR "learning writing"~3 "music education classical"~5
	In Advanced Search proximity (NEAR 5, 10, 25) can be chosen from a drop-down menu. Truncation or other symbols attached to the search term cannot be used. Phrases cannot be used either.
Searching from different fields in Advanced Search	In Full text search the search terms are retrieved from the text in articles.	Searching with common words gives many references.
	In Author search the search terms are retrieved from the writers of the articles and from the people being criticized. Putting quotation marks around the first and last names (or initial letters) ensures that they are searched from the same name. The order of the first and last names does not matter.	sibelius jean = jean sibelius
	In Item title search the search terms are retrieved from the titles of articles and books.	This is worth trying if full text search gives too many references.
	In Abstract search the search terms are retrieved from the abstracts of articles.	Only about 10% of the articles has an abstract.
	In Caption search the search terms are retrieved from the captions of pictures in articles.	Some images do not contain captions.
Fulltext links	Full text journals that are not included in JSTOR databases can be accessed through article-specific links.	Your institution does not have access to this journal article on JSTOR. You may have other access options through your institution.