LibGuides: Using JSTOR Essential: JSTOR Overview

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide
The JSTOR Quick Start handout provides a brief introduction to JSTOR.

FLEX Workshop Overview

The Merced College Library now subscribes to JSTOR Essential, a database that is helpful for those researching in the humanities and social sciences disciplines. JSTOR Essential provides access to content from over 680 journals. Due to COVID-19, JSTOR is also providing temporary access to journals and primary source material not covered through the Essential subscription through June 30, 2021.

In this session, faculty librarian Lindsay Davis will walk you through:

JSTOR’s search functionality and features
an interactive Merced College Library database tutorial you can assign students
additional ideas for how instructors can use JSTOR for online course development

Journal Title List
Find the list of journals included in our JSTOR Essential subscription. The list is available as an Excel sheet.

Find the Database

JSTOR Essential (ITHAKA)
JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and primary sources. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico.
digital library, interdisciplinary, full-text, scholarly, peer-reviewed (for most journal and ebook content)

JSTOR can also be found in the library's A-Z database list.

Using JSTOR Essential: JSTOR Overview

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Quick Start Guide

FLEX Workshop Overview

Find the Database