What is JSTOR?
JSTOR is a database that has backfiles of scholarly journals, not current journals. JSTOR provides electronic access to journals in the humanities, social sciences and the sciences. JSTOR is full-text which means you can print the entire article. The JSTOR database is unique because the journals have been digitzed, starting with the very first issues, many of which date back to the 1800’s. JSTOR can be accessed from EMU’s databases page in alphabetical order by the name of the database. Click on top of the database name. Then you will have to put in your user name and password and submit request. When you are on the main page of JSTOR, click on the words search to start searching in the database. Input the subject(s) you are searching for and put a check mark by the type of journal you want to look in. You can also limit by type or date range. Then, you can click the search button. After clicking the Search button, you will get a list of results. You can view the article and print the
