How To Use JSTOR: Home

JSTOR is database with full-text scholarly articles, images of art and photography (JSTOR Images)  as well as some primary sources and ebooks from many different disciplines and subject areas.

• JSTOR is our only scholarly article database that has a substantial amount of content from before 1990.
• JSTOR often does not have articles from the past one to three years.

Access

1. From the library home page, click All Article Databases A - Z
2. Scroll down the list of databases and click the link for JSTOR
3. Enter your Empire login if prompted.

Basic Search

When you first log into JSTOR, you will see the Basic Search box. Simply enter your keywords and click the Search button.

• Use quotation marks around exact phrases of 2+ words (e.g., "Black Lives Matter")

Advanced Search

To get to Advanced Search, click Advanced Search just above the right side of the search box.

1. Type in search term or phrase and necessary. Use the pull-down menu to the left of the second search box to add a second concept.
2. There are additional limit options (item type, language, publication date, etc.) below the Submit button, if needed.

Search Results List

1. Click on the title of the article to view the article and  information about it including authors, journal title, volume, and issue
2. Click Download to download the full-text of the article (in PDF format) to your computer or device.
   • You will need to click OK to a license/terms of use statement.
   • You will need to have a PDF reader, such as Adobe Reader (which is free to download.)
3. Click the check box next to the search result to select it. Once you have selected all the articles you want, you can Save, Email or Export (using RefWorks) them in batches, if you are logged into your MyJSTOR account.

Article Full Text

1. Once you click on an article title, you'll see details for that article on the left, including a URL and citation information (JSTOR URLs need to be manually edited in order to work later or for others. Here is how to do it).
2. On the right side is a viewer for reading the article. Just above the display are buttons and icons to zoom, search within the article, download or cite it.

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