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Searching best practices on JSTOR
Hi Tumblr researchers,
As promised, we're going to dive into some best practices for searching on JSTOR. This'll be a long one!
The first thing to note is that JSTOR is not Google, so searches should not be conducted in the same way.
More on that in this video:
Basic Search on JSTOR
To search for exact phrases, enclose the words within quotation marks, like "to be or not to be".
To construct a more effective search, utilize Boolean operators, such as "tea trade" AND china.
Advanced Searching on JSTOR
Utilize the drop-down menus to refine your search parameters, limiting them to the title, author, abstract, or caption text.
Combine search terms using Boolean operators like AND/OR/NOT and NEAR 5/10/25. The NEAR operator finds keyword combinations within 5, 10, or 25 words of each other. It applies only when searching for single keyword combinations, such as "cat NEAR 5 dog," but not for phrases like "domesticated cat" NEAR 5 dog.
Utilize the "Narrow by" options to search for articles exclusively, include/exclude book reviews, narrow your search to a specific time frame or language.
To focus your article search on specific disciplines and titles, select the appropriate checkboxes. Please note that discipline searching is currently limited to journal content, excluding ebooks from the search.
Finding Content You Have Access To
To discover downloadable articles, chapters, and pamphlets for reading, you have the option to narrow down your search to accessible content. Simply navigate to the Advanced Search page and locate the "Select an access type" feature, which offers the following choices:
All Content will show you all of the relevant search results on JSTOR, regardless of whether or not you can access it.
Content I can access will show you content you can download or read online. This will include Early Journal Content and journals/books publishers have made freely available.
Once you've refined your search, simply select an option that aligns with your needs and discover the most relevant items. Additionally, you have the option to further narrow down your search results after conducting an initial search. Look for this option located below the "access type" checkbox, situated at the bottom left-hand side of the page.
Additional resources
For more search recommendations, feel free to explore this page on JSTOR searching. There, you will find information on truncation, wildcards, and proximity, using fields, and metadata hyperlinks.
Dorothy Porter is known as the "Dewey Decimal Decolonizer."
Dorothy Porter was an African American librarian who worked to challenge and decolonize library systems, including the Dewey Decimal System, which traditionally marginalized non-Western perspectives and cultures. She advocated for more inclusive classification systems that better represented diverse voices and histories.
Porter's work emphasized the importance of equity and representation within library collections, aiming to create spaces that reflect the richness and complexity of human experiences. Her efforts have contributed to ongoing discussions and actions toward decolonizing library practices worldwide.
Read more about Dorothy Porter here.
wjen i graduate and they strip me of my free database access im literally going to walk into the ocean
Psssst: You can access up to 100 free articles per month using your personal email!
Here's more info.
@jstor I have one question:
I can't find any additional information regarding which publisher I would have access to ? Is there a list of journals that we have access to with a free account ?
[@ the community manager that handles the Jstor Tumblr: I know that may not be information you have readily available, but if you could ask internally, that would be really helpful!]
Thanks for asking, @smallfrenchstudyblr!
To my knowledge, there isn't a running list of publishers that allow or don't allow access, as even content under the same publisher can vary.
It may help to learn a little bit more about the Moving Wall. Essentially, publishers often establish embargoes that limit access for a set number of years. If you find that you can't access a certain journal's content, it may be because of the publisher's established Moving Wall.
While JSTOR hosts the content and makes it available for easy viewing, we unfortunately aren't able to change embargoes set by publishers. You can always reach out to your librarian to look into alternative means of access.
how writing a university essay feels
wjen i graduate and they strip me of my free database access im literally going to walk into the ocean
Psssst: You can access up to 100 free articles per month using your personal email!
Here's more info.
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this is amazing and I'm glad I saw it
i do this when im writing fiction. Each fic has a cut document full of discarded dialogue, scene settings, metaphors etc that dont quite fit yet I might want to use down the line or other fics.
if jstor has a million fans i am one of them. if jstor has five fans, i am one of them. if jstor has one fan, that one is me. if jstor has no fans, that means i'm no more on this earth. if the world is against jstor, i am against the entire world. till my last breath, i'll support jstor.
Okay, this is pretty incredible. A 3D artist, consulting scholars and archaeologists, worked for a year and a half in Blender to create a reconstruction of pre-Columbian TenochtitlĂĄn, complete with the surrounding landscape. Itâs staggeringly beautiful, andâat least to meâgives a wonderful impression of the city as a place where people worked and lived and worshiped
HOLY SHIT CLICK THROUGH THIS IS INCREDIBLE
Roman glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside ~ a so called joke jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker. Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein, #Switzerland, 4th c. AD.
21.04.2023
A mix of photos from the work I've been doing this week.
It's felt really weird to be going around towns and doing outdoor work, talking with different professionals, and generally doing work outside of a seminar room. However, it has been incredibly enjoyable!
Doing work outdoors and seeing the issues of collection management head on has really helped with writing a collection ls management strategy report as part of my placement. It has been so rewarding to be invited to different areas to develop my report on the management of public art by councils/museums/galleries. I hope what I submit to them next week will be worth the effort the professionals I have met with have put in for me to go to each location and meet with them!
On my last train now, retuning from location number 4 of this project.
Looking forward to a library session this evening to get more done!
18.04.23
It has been a BUSY few days!
I did submit my PhD application, so now it's time to wait patiently (read: wait in a state of constant stress!) until I hear back from the university I applied to.
In the meantime I have spent today cataloguing public art and writing condition notes as part of my placement project. This work has been incredibly fun, as well as quite an intense process!
It is hard to imagine a solution to some of the issues being faced with public art collections in small towns and cities. But doing this sort of fieldwork is definitely useful in getting an idea of how long it takes staff to achieve this sort of work usually.
Alongside this I have started working on my MA final project and so have just been adding work, on top of work, on top of work to my schedule!
15.04.23
Started to write a post last week, didn't save it to my drafts! It wasn't meant to be so I'll start again.
The pictures are a small snippet into what I've been doing (plus the stairs one for the edgy teen that still lives in me!).
I have been having a wild time as of late and have a fair amount to share (shout into the Tumblr void)!
My masters has been going well and I have spent the Easter break on a work placement that has seen me travel to a bunch of places and meet so many amazing professionals in the museum scene. I am looking into the collections management for public art and it has been an eye opening experience to see how public art is cared for by local museums and councils. It's a part of the sector I hadn't even considered and it is one that is now absolutely fascinating to me.
I've not got long left with it and I am nervous to finish because that takes me one step closer to dissertation season here, but that how it goes!
Another exciting and insane thing is that I'm about to apply for a PhD! I'm writing it here to give me the confidence to click send on the application before the deadline haha.
I've always had a PhD in the back of my head as something I wanted to achieve, but with my health being a rollercoaster at times I was content with the MA. That was until I was sent a link and saw an opportunity at my old university! I love where I am now but the chance to do a PhD back where it all started is just too good not to try for!
I'm not too confident I'll get it, but even a rejection will be positive because I can see what skills and experience I need before I attempt to apply for one again in the future.
That being said I'd be elated to get it so fingers crossed!!!!
when you download a pdf and it's called like 1328723486basdf12.pdf but then you gently rename it to what it's supposed to be. that's forming a bond with a hurt and wild mythological creature and reminding it who it is.
Thereâs an aspect of an artifactâs display that is intentionally not obvious, but it involves meticulous engineering and creativity, and itâs vital to making every exhibit possible: mountmaking.
In the conservation lab, mountmaker Mike Mandina works behind the scenes in consultation with conservators and exhibition designers to create custom mounts for the BKM collection. Many mounts are designed to hold an object with a complex shape in an upright position, like the Egyptian Royal Ka limestone fragment pictured in this post (currently featured in Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt); others help bear the weight of heavy individual components in an object, like each separate tile of Della Robbiaâs Resurrection of Christ. Other small mounts keep the doors on European painted icons from swinging, or they may be as simple as a bumper in just the right place to prevent a vase from shifting on its platform due to vibrations.
Each mount has to be strong enough to serve its functional purpose yet delicately shaped to avoid putting undue stress on the object itself. Most are constructed primarily from brass, because it doesnât corrode easily or off-gas materials that could harm the artworks. To make each one, Mike cuts, bends, solders, and polishes the metal into position, then covers all surfaces that contact the object with padding. Visible portions of the mount must be painted to match the artifact, and finally a template is made with instructions for proper installation.
Once you know what to look for, itâs fun to notice all the creative ways objects are supported for display. Next time you are in the BKM galleries, take a moment to appreciate the superbly crafted mounts presenting these magnificent objects!
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11.02.23
This week has been a fairly productive one!
I have started a group project on language preservation and UNESCO which is taking shape quite quickly. As well as that I am on top of my reading as well as working on my application for a work placement that will hopefully be commencing soon. I am lucky that my university has many local connections with museums and heritage trusts so the options I have are all very exciting!
The upcoming week is our reading week (think of it as a half term for unis) and I'll be using my time to finalise my applications, update my CV and work through more UNESCO Courier articles for my project.
It's a shame I've been so motivated this past week and now I have only one seminar in my next week but I'm aiming to keep up with my work despite the lack of uni hours.
If anyone is interested in learning about cultural heritage and cultural diversity, as well as how international institutions function I'd recommend looking into the UNESCO Courier as they have a ridiculous amount of journals available to read for free online.
(also including a doodle with my stack of paperwork because doodling gets me through the reading!)
23.01.2023
I'm definitely not happy with how my assessments are turning out but I'm hoping this will be a lesson for future me to try and work on my issues surrounding procrastination and working while stressed.
I submitted my first assessment around 5 hours ago and am finishing up the editing of assessment number 2 right now. If all goes to plan I'll be able to have an hour or so to relax before finishing assessment number 3!
It's been really difficult to manage these three pieces, but I know that it is a combination of my issues surrounding procrastination combined with being unwell on and off recently.
I'm hoping my lectures will actually be a bit harsh when they mark these, I need a bit of a kick I think!
I'm happy enough with the essays to be submitting them, but I'm not as proud of them as I'd like to be!!
At least the campus looks stunning covered in frost every morning!!
