JSTOR

Bibliographic Information: JSTOR. www.jstor.org. ITHAKA.

Plot Summary: The purpose of JSTOR is to provide teachers, students, and scholars access to more than 1,500 academic journals and over one million primary sources.  Content on JSTOR covers over fifty disciplines and material from over 800 publishers. JSTOR provides trustworthy academic material for patrons in schools, public, or university libraries to use in their research efforts.

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Reader’s Annotation: JSTOR is a fantastic, trustworthy resource for all of your research needs.  You can access over 1,500 academic journals and over a million primary source documents in our database.  

Information about the database: William G. Bowen created the idea for JSTOR as a solution to the issue with storing the large amount of academic journals in the limited spaces of college and university libraries.  Bowen decided that the best solution was to digitize the journals and store them in a centralized location accessible to libraries and their patrons.  The benefits of electronic journals is it frees up much needed space, saves on cost, is never lost, and available to more people at any given time (JSTOR, n.d.).  

Genre: Database

Curriculum Ties: This database can be used in any class in which research is conducted.

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Reading level/Interest age: 14+

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Why I chose this database: I chose this database because it offers access to academic journals, books, and primary sources to aid student research needs.  


References:
JSTOR. (n.d.). About. Retrieved from http://about.jstor.org/about