Getting the Most from the JSTOR Scholarly Journal Archive Stephanie Krueger, Assistant Director for International Library Relations, February 2005

Outline History and Mission Content Overview Using JSTOR –Searching –Working with Articles and Citations –Linking and JSTOR Expanding Access to JSTOR in Developing Nations Questions and Answers Conclusions

History Originally conceived by William G. Bowen, President of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1994 Established as an independent not-for-profit organization in August 1995 Initially a pilot project (University of Michigan) to provide electronic access to the backfiles of ten journals in two core fields, economics and history

JSTOR Today Reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature Primary functions: preservation and access over time At present, over 450 journals in eleven collections Over 16 million pages Archival content only Focus on the social sciences and humanities

Participation 2,224 library participants US: 1,315 Outside US: publisher participants 15 publisher countries Scholarly societies, small/university sponsored publications, university presses, commercial publishers

JSTOR in Australia and New Zealand Australia: 43 institutions –CAUL institutions –CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences –Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) –State Forests of New South Wales New Zealand: 10 institutions –CONZUL institutions –Commerce Commission –Reserve Bank of New Zealand –The Treasury

JSTOR in Australia Total accesses, 2000 to present: –Over 6 million total accesses –2004: 3,053,340 accesses –2003: 1,942,192 accesses

JSTOR in New Zealand Total accesses, 1999 to present: –Over 1 million accesses –2004: 623,617 accesses –2003: 269,805 accesses

Collection Development Multi-discipline collections Arts & Sciences I Arts & Sciences II Arts & Sciences III Arts & Sciences IV Arts & Sciences Complement Discipline-specific collections General Science Ecology & Botany (A&SI) Business (A&SI, A&SII, A&SIV) Language & Literature (A&SI, A&SIII) Music (A&SIII) Mathematics & Statistics (A&SI, A&SII, GS, BUS) Goal: Provide flexibility to every institution in meeting their collection development needs Title Lists at:

Using JSTOR: Search Main Search Interface Searches all types of journal content (articles, book reviews, etc.) by default Use quotation marks to search for a phrase (e.g., "punctuated equilibrium") Use ti: to search for an article title, au: to search for an author (e.g., ti:"parabolic equations" au:"john nash") Use AND, OR, NOT to combine terms –Terms combined with AND by default (like Google)

Using JSTOR: Search Main Search Interface Help available at: Additional field operators available to search for authors of reviewed works, captions, journal titles, ISSN Use phrase searching to include stopwords in the phrase Single/multiple wildcards available Proximity searching also available

Finding non-English Language Content Transliteration: Some journal articles in JSTOR contain non-Roman, non-ASCII characters. To be searchable, these words or phrases have been transliterated into Roman characters. ALA-LC (American Library Association - Library of Congress) Romanization Tables were used for many languages (see transliteration.html for details)

Using JSTOR: Advanced Search Advanced & Expert Search Narrow your search using a form, to: –Discipline(s) –Journal(s) –Type of Article –Date Range

Using JSTOR: Save Citations Feature Useful for exporting citations into management software (e.g., EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, RefWorks) –Filter under “TIPS” (can be customized or users can create their own) –Tab Delimited option also available (export into Excel instead of management software) 200 citations can be saved Saved citations are deleted when user: –Removes them from the list –Closes browser –Exits JSTOR

Exporting Citations: JSTOR Citation List Options: Save All Citations on this page View Saved Citations (also indicates how many citations have previously been saved)

Exporting Citations: JSTOR Citation List Export citations: As text, or in a new window In citation- manager, printer- friendly, or tab- delimited formats

Exporting Citations: JSTOR Citation List Citation manager format (text version)

Exporting Citations: Importing List into EndNote

Linking & JSTOR: JSTOR to Project Muse

Using JSTOR Links Links can be created to a particular: –Journal –Table of Contents –Article Useful in subject guides and web pages –Cut and paste links into web documents or course management software –Note: Users may need to authenticate if off- campus to access links

Links in Web Pages Steps: 1.Cut link out of JSTOR. 2.Paste into web editing software or course management software. 3.If an HTML page, place on a web server.

Links in Online Syllabi & Course Reserves Electronic Course Reserves, University of Michigan

Linking & JSTOR: Article-level Linking Partners Article-level linking from other resources to JSTOR: –ABC-CLIO: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life –Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA) –EBSCOhost –Endeavor (LinkFinderPlus) –ExLibris (SFX) –Family Scholar Publishing (Family Index Database) –Gale (MLA International Bibliography) –H.W. Wilson (WilsonWeb) –Ingenta –Innovative Interfaces (III) (WebBridge) –MathSciNet –National Information Services Corportation (NISC) (BiblioLine) –OCLC FirstSearch –Openly Informatics (1-Cate) –ProQuest Information and Learning (PCI) –Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) –Serials Solutions (ArticleLinker)

Linking & JSTOR: Partner Linking Example MathSciNet

Linking & JSTOR: ABC-CLIO to JSTOR

Linking & JSTOR: Open URL example

Foundation Support for Access & Education Increasing access to “developing nations” and to decrease US digital divide –John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Russia) –Southern Education Foundation (US Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs]) –Niarchos Foundation (Greece) –Ford Foundation (India) –Mellon Foundation (Eastern Europe)

Foundation Support for Access & Education

Future Plans Content –Double size over next 5 years –Possibility of special collections & new format types Technology: –Migration (to XML/Oracle) –E-archive –Authentication (Shibboleth?) Organization –Work with other Ithaka entities (ARTstor, etc.)

New Related Initiative: ARTstor

Conclusion Final Questions? Thank you very much for your attention! Please address general support questions to: I will be happy to answer specific requests: Stephanie Krueger