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JSTOR: The Historian's Database -- 10/1/2008
By Nick Nelson, CRRL Volunteer There are many ways for students, teachers and, yes, the entire community to access plenty of academic information online. Older technologies such as microfiche and microfilm allows us to access historic newspapers, some as recent as three months ago—some as old as the seventeenth century. Online newspaper databases allow searching for more current articles.
What makes JSTOR such a wonderful resource is that its collection of information contains much primary source material for research papers or projects. By typing “George Washington” into the search field and selecting the History discipline, a researcher is treated to more than a thousand results, the first three of which are collections of letters to family or leaders back in England. These primary sources serve as fantastic resources not only for a student doing research for an academic paper, book, or presentation. But JSTOR is also great for those who wish to get a genuine understanding—straight from the horse’s mouth—on a topic that interests them. With such a wealth of information available, researching on any topic may seem like an impossibly daunting task. However, the process is actually quite simple. By following these few steps, you can be on and searching in a matter of minutes!
If you have further questions on how to use JSTOR—or any of the library databases for research—do not hesitate to ask a librarian in person, by phone, or through the Web site!
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Libraries' databases can give information on anything from anthropology to history to computers to literary studies to auto repair to medicine. Perhaps one of the most useful of these databases is JSTOR, a resource that combines articles from more than
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