JSTOR Business Collection
DB Quick Guide Series 4
1. JSTOR Business Collection 2. How to Access 3. List of JSTOR Business Collection 4. Searching 5. Search Result 6. Selecting records to keep 7. Saving your results 8. Search Tips 9. FAQ
JSTOR Business Collection
1. JSTOR Business Collection
46 Titles Available Over Internet the Through JSTOR's Business Collection The JSTOR Business Collection covers a variety of related disciplines including accounting, marketing, human resources, organizational behavior, labor relations, operations research, economics and finance. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and provide and extend access to these journals to the entire academic community. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The Business Collection is comprised of 20 new titles, and 26 titles covering economics and finance already available through the Arts & Sciences I and Arts & Sciences II Collections.
2. How to Access
Click on e-Databases and select JSTOR from the alphabetical listing.
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3. List of JSTOR Business Collection
The Academy of Management Journal JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 6 - 43, 1963-2000 The Academy of Management Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 25, 1976-2000 The Accounting Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 75, 1926-2000 Administrative Science Quarterly JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 47, 1956-2002 The American Economic Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 93, 1911-2003 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity JSTOR Coverage: 1970-2002 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Microeconomics JSTOR Coverage: 1989-1998 The Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'Economique JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 35, 1968-2002 Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 33, 1968-2000 Econometrica JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 71, 1933-2003 The Economic History Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 18, 1927-1948; New Series: Vols. 1 53, 1948-2000 The Economic Journal JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 110, 1891-2000 Economica JSTOR Coverage: Nos. 1 - 42, 1921-1933; New Series: Vols. 1 67, 1934-2000 Industrial and Labor Relations Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 56 (Issue 1), 1947-2002 International Economic Review JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 41, 1960-2000 Journal of Accounting Research JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 38, 1963-2000 Journal of Applied Econometrics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 15, 1986-2000 The Journal of Business JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 27 - 74, 1954-2001 The Journal of Consumer Research JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 27 (Issue 3), 1974-2000 The Journal of Economic History JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 60, 1941-2000 Journal of Economic Literature JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 7 - 41, 1969-2003 The Journal of Economic Perspectives JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 17, 1987-2003 The Journal of Finance JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 57, 1946-2002 The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 36, 1966-2001 The Journal of Human Resources JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 38, 1966-2003 The Journal of Industrial Economics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 48, 1952-2000 Journal of International Business Studies JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 33, 1970-2002 Journal of Labor Economics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 19, 1983-2001 Journal of Money, Credit and Banking JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 34, 1969-2002 Journal of Organizational Behavior JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 9 - 21, 1988-2000 The Journal of Political Economy JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 108, 1892-2000 The Journal of Risk and Insurance JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 31 - 69, 1964-2002 The Journal of the Operational Research Society JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 29 - 51, 1978-2000 Management Science JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 47, 1954-2001 Management Technology JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 4, 1960-1964 Managerial and Decision Economics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 21, 1980-2000 Marketing Science JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 20, 1982-2001 MIS Quarterly JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 24, 1977-2000 Operations Research JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 4 - 49, 1956-2001 Organization Science JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 12, 1990-2001 Oxford Economic Papers JSTOR Coverage: Nos. 1 - 8, 1938 - 1947; New Series: Vols. 1 49, 1949-1997 The Quarterly Journal of Economics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 115, 1886-2000 The RAND Journal of Economics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 15 - 34, 1984-2003 The Review of Economic Studies JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 69, 1933-2002 The Review of Economics and Statistics JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 82, 1919-2000 The Review of Financial Studies JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 15, 1988-2002 Strategic Management Journal JSTOR Coverage: Vols. 1 - 21, 1980-2000
4. Searching
It is possible to search every article in the collection, using keywords. This will automatically search all types of journal content (articles, editorials, reviews etc.) Click on SEARCH In the search box type in the search terms you are looking for. For example:
Then click on the Search button. Tips!
A search word or phrase can be typed in upper or lower case; common words such as “at” or “in” will be ignored.
5. Search results
Your search results are listed with the most relevant items appearing first (those in which your search term occurred most frequently). You can use the pick-list at the top of the results list to sort your results in other ways:
Select your preferred choice then click on the Sort button. Scroll down the page to view the list of results. The title and author of the article are displayed, as well as details about where the article appeared (including journal title, volume, part, year and the page numbers), for example:
• Click on the title of the article (blue link) to view the full-text. • Click on the name of the journal (red link) to browse the volumes of that journal that are available. • Click on the name of the author (blue link) to see other articles by that author. • Click on Citation or Citation/Abstract (grey link) to view brief bibliographic details. • Click on the Page of First Match (grey link) to view the page of the article where your search term first appears.
To conduct a new search use the Search box that appears at the top of the screen.
Tips! You can return to the basic Search screen at any time during your JSTOR session by clicking on the Search link in the red menubar at the top of the screen.
6. Selecting records to keep
To create a list of citations that you want to save, click on the grey Save Citation link that appears at the end of each record. The number of citations you have saved will appear in the top right hand corner of the screen. To save all the citations that are currently being displayed click on this link.
To view all of your saved citations click on this link. Once you have saved a citation, the Save Citation link will change to Remove Citation, click on this link to remove the citation from your list of saved results.
Tips! This function only saves the citations; it will not save the full-text article.
7. Saving your results
1. Click on the View Saved Citations link. 2. Select how you wish to export the citations from the drop down box.
3. Select the format you wish to export them in.
4. Click on Export.
Tips! Use tab-delimited if planning to import the references into a spreadsheet package e.g. Excel
8. Search tips ▪ Search operators
There are three basic search operators - these allow you to combine your search words in different ways to narrow or broaden your search. The operators are:
AND - use to combine different concepts, eg
peace and treaty
OR - use to include synonyms in your search, eg
dissenter or non-conformist
NOT - use to exclude words from your search, eg
climate change not global
▪ Searching for different word endings and alternative spellings
Use the wildcard symbol ? to substitute for 0 or 1 character in the middle or at the end of a word. This is particularly useful for covering English and American spelling and for some plurals eg wom?n retrieves both women and woman. You can use multiple ? to match more than one letter for example bird??? will retrieve all words up to seven letters long that start bird including bird, birds and birdman. Use the ampersand & to search for the plural forms of a word. The search engine will add s’s, es’s, double z’s and s’s, change y to ies and f to v where applicable eg box& retrieves both box and boxes quiz& retrieves both quiz and quizzes knife& retrieves both knife and knives
▪ Limiting searches
The Advanced Search option allows you to be more specific about your search terms and the journals that you wish to search. 1. From the Basic Search page click on the red Advanced Search link to the right of the search box. 2. Type your search terms into the appropriate boxes and click on the Search button, for example,
This search would find you articles on peacekeeping and the United Nations but not Germany. Scroll down the Advanced Search page to view more options to narrow your search. Tips! If you click in the box next to the subject area it will select all the journals in that subject area.
If you do not select any Fields, Types, Dates or Journals then it will search all the content of all the journals in the database.
▪ Constructing a complicated search
From the Basic Search page click on the red Expert Search link to the right of the search box. Use the box provided to construct complicated searches. Use parentheses (brackets) to avoid ambiguity in complex search requests. For example, “currency reform” and (russia or “soviet union”) JSTOR provides more information about complex searches below the expert search query box.
9. Q&A ▪ Q: Why doesn’t JSTOR include current journal issues?
A: JSTOR’s agreements with publishers include an updating provision referred to as a “moving wall”. The purpose of the moving wall is to ensure that participants can rely on JSTOR to be the trusted archive for the journal backfiles, while also giving publishers protection from the threat of lost revenues if recent issues were available in the database. It is not JSTOR’s intention to motivate subscribers, whether they be libraries or individuals, to cancel their subscriptions because recent issues are available in JSTOR. The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging , in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR.
▪ Q: Why isn’t it possible to cut and paste text from articles in JSTOR?
A: As journals are scanned, both an image file and an ASCII [text] file are created. What you see is a scanned image, which is a perfect replica of the original journal page. The ASCII file is not displayed, but is used only to facilitate full-text searching. In converting millions of pages of information, it is not feasible to bring the quality level of the ASCII text up to a standard acceptable for display. For a more detailed discussion of this topic, please consult “Why Images?” at http://www.jstor.ac.uk/about/images.html. Helpful.
9. Q&A ▪ Q: Why doesn’t JSTOR include current journal issues?
A: JSTOR’s agreements with publishers include an updating provision referred to as a “moving wall”. The purpose of the moving wall is to ensure that participants can rely on JSTOR to be the trusted archive for the journal backfiles, while also giving publishers protection from the threat of lost revenues if recent issues were available in the database. It is not JSTOR’s intention to motivate subscribers, whether they be libraries or individuals, to cancel their subscriptions because recent issues are available in JSTOR. The moving wall is a fixed period of time ranging , in most cases, from 2 to 5 years, that defines the gap between the most recently published issue of any journal and the date of the most recent issue available in JSTOR.
▪ Q: Why isn’t it possible to cut and paste text from articles in JSTOR?
A: As journals are scanned, both an image file and an ASCII [text] file are created. What you see is a scanned image, which is a perfect replica of the original journal page. The ASCII file is not displayed, but is used only to facilitate full-text searching. In converting millions of pages of information, it is not feasible to bring the quality level of the ASCII text up to a standard acceptable for display. For a more detailed discussion of this topic, please consult “Why Images?” at http://www.jstor.ac.uk/about/images.html. Helpful.