{"id":13196,"date":"2025-08-20T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/?p=13196"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:31:36","slug":"access-to-jstor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/?p=13196","title":{"rendered":"Access to JSTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13196\" class=\"elementor elementor-13196\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f569a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f569a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cf61a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1cf61a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 7.5pt 0cm; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Montserrat; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333;\">JSTOR\u00a0(short for\u00a0<b>J<\/b>ournal\u00a0<b>Stor<\/b>age) is an interdisciplinary database that is especially useful for\u00a0<b>English\/literature, history, and political science<\/b>.\u00a0In addition to full text of many academic journals and\u00a0ebooks,\u00a0JSTOR\u00a0has a range of collections of primary sources, including\u00a019th-century British pamphlets. JSTOR\u00a0is great for full-text journal articles on\u00a0<b>humanities\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<b>social science<\/b>\u00a0topics.\u00a0<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Montserrat; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333;\">JSTOR<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat; color: #333333;\"> \u2013 <\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Montserrat; color: black;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a615ee2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a615ee2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9edd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d9edd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-1024x687.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13232\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-1024x687.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-2048x1375.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-492x330.jpg 492w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Jstor-Info-268x180.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12fff65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12fff65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin: 15pt 0cm 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Montserrat; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #333333;\">Search Tips and Tricks<\/span><\/b><\/h1><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Montserrat;\">Use the <b>basic search\u00a0<\/b>to search for journals, books, images, or primary sources in the humanities and social sciences in the search box below<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93e2e5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"93e2e5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13203\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1.png 697w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1-100x35.png 100w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1-570x202.png 570w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-1-270x96.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e9ef6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67e9ef6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt;background-image: initial;background-position: initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat: initial;background-attachment: initial\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family:Montserrat;color:#333333\">For example: \u201c<b>social services<\/b>\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: calc(1.325rem + 0.9vw)\"><\/span><\/p><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6df7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f6df7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-1024x422.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-768x317.png 768w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-100x41.png 100w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-570x235.png 570w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2-270x111.png 270w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/js-2.png 1327w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c287633 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c287633\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d287247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d287247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A basic search for social services presents 1,360,157 results. No filters are applied&#8221; to come after &#8220;for example &#8220;social services&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These <strong>Quick options<\/strong> will appear to the right of each item in the results list. These options include <strong>downloading the PDF<\/strong> of the article or book chapter, if you want to get it now and look it over later,&nbsp;<strong>saving<\/strong> the item <strong>to&nbsp;&#8220;My Lists&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;(you will need to make a free JSTOR account for that), and&nbsp;<strong>citing the item<\/strong>&nbsp;in several different styles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd1e769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd1e769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"168\" height=\"126\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jo3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13215\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jo3.png 168w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jo3-100x75.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc34b6d e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cc34b6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b9725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8b9725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/date.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-13220\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/date.png 269w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/date-100x86.png 100w, https:\/\/library.umu.ac.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/date-209x180.png 209w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e246f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e246f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Refining by the publication date in the filter menu is crucial for accessing current literature.<\/p><p><strong>If you need current or historical documents for your project<\/strong>, you can limit your search results by\u00a0<strong>publication date.<\/strong>\u00a0This option appears on the left-hand side of the screen. Just enter the date range (in years) that you are looking for, to get results<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4ebc19 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4ebc19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8980efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8980efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>JSTOR Advanced Search has search boxes connected with the Boolean Operators AND, NOT, OR. You can add fields below the bottom search field, as well as change the Boolean operator that connects each field. AND will probably be the most useful, however. 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