The document provides information about how to use the JSTOR database. It includes: 1) Explanations of the circular icons next to search results, which indicate the level of full-text access. 2) Instructions for requesting articles that are only available as citations via interlibrary loan. 3) An overview of the browsing and searching features in JSTOR, including browsing by discipline, title, and publisher or searching with advanced search or citation locators.

1. Results What do the circular icons mean?
 After clicking the search button, you will  Next to the journal or item titles, there are
see a list of items relevant to your search colored circles. U. Grant Miller
terms and limiters.  These symbols indicate the level of Library
 Each result shows the title, author, access you have through JSTOR as a
publication information, and links to the W&J student.
full text if available.  Some items are in full-text, but for some
you can only view the citation.
Help Guide
JSTOR
 Clicking on the title lets you access the What if JSTOR only has the citation for an
page scan of the item, a summary, and article I want? JSTOR is a database that
page thumbnails. provides access to citations
 Clicking on the author will create a new  If you can’t access the full-text for an
list with only items that author has article you want through JSTOR or one of and full text articles from
written. our other databases, you can use hundreds of peer-reviewed
Interlibrary Loan to request the article journals covering the arts,
from another library.
 Go to http://www.washjeff.edu/library and sciences, ecology, botany,
 NOTE: clicking on the PDF link in your click on “User Services” in the menu on language, literature, and
results will open a pop-up. You have to the left. music. While the articles go
first agree to JSTOR’s Terms and back to the 1800s, the most
Conditions before you can view the PDF recent articles (3 to 5 years)
file.
are not provided due to
copyright restrictions.
 On the User Services page, click on
Interlibrary Loan on the left.
 Click on “article request form” and fill out
Click here to accept the terms as much information as possible.
and view the PDF
Washington & Jefferson College

2. How to Use JSTOR  In Browse by Title, you can see an  To search, you can used the Advanced
alphabetical list of all the journals in Search form or Citation Locator.
 There are both browse features and search JSTOR.  Use Citation Locator if you already know
features to navigate through this database.  Click on a title to get a list of the issues of exactly which article you want.
 You can browse by discipline, title, or that journal in JSTOR, arranged by year.
publisher.
 Hold your mouse over “BROWSE” at the
top of the page and then select an option.
 In Advanced Search, you can type search
terms into fields. You can add as many fields
as you want by clicking the “ADD A FIELD
+” box.
 You can search within the full-text, author,
item title, abstract, and caption.
 In Browse by Discipline, click on a
discipline to see a list of journal titles that
covers that subject.
 In Browse by Publisher, you can see an
alphabetical list of all publishers and the
journals they publish that are stored in  You can also limit your search by item type,
JSTOR. date range, language, discipline and
publication title.
Publisher
Journal