JSTOR is an archive of more than 1000 journals in the humanities, social sciences, arts, and sciences fields. It is a favorite database for students and scholars in literature, history, art, photography, as well as the pure sciences. Journals in JSTOR have “moving walls” that define the time lag between the most current issue published and the content available in JSTOR. The majority of journals in the archive have moving walls of between 3 and 5 years.

The JSTOR database has some helpful tutorials that will guide you through various ways to search the database.

A personal note from the Jolly Librarian: “I couldn’t have made it through my doctoral program in English without JSTOR. It’s a wonderful resource.”