| − | '''JSTOR''' is an online repository of the full texts of 900 scholarly [[journal|journals]]. It is available to students and faculty of participating [[library|libraries]], and is thoroughly indexed at google.com. Worldwide the majority of colleges and university students and faculty in most countries have access. | + | '''JSTOR''' is an online repository of the full texts of 900 scholarly [[journal]]s. It is available to students and faculty of participating [[library|libraries]], and is thoroughly indexed at google.com. Worldwide the majority of colleges and university students and faculty in most countries have access. |
| | It was originated by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1997 with the goal of reducing the long-terms costs of journal storage. JSTOR's main function changed to a provider of online access to leading scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and (to a lesser extent), the sciences. Instead of discarding back runs of journals, libraries put them in storage. | | It was originated by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 1997 with the goal of reducing the long-terms costs of journal storage. JSTOR's main function changed to a provider of online access to leading scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and (to a lesser extent), the sciences. Instead of discarding back runs of journals, libraries put them in storage. |
| − | JSTOR's fees vary depending on which collections a library selects. Fees for the bundle of health-and-sciences journals, (including ''Science''), are between $750 and $8,000 a year, plus a one-time joining fee of $1,000 to $10,000, depending on the size of the institution.<ref> Peter Monaghan, "Librarians Protest Science's Departure From JSTOR, Fearing a Trend" ''Chronicle of Higher Education, (Oct 11, 2007)</ref> Its revenues in 2005 were $25 million. | + | JSTOR's fees vary depending on which collections a library selects. Fees for the bundle of health-and-sciences journals, (including ''Science''), are between $750 and $8,000 a year, plus a one-time joining fee of $1,000 to $10,000, depending on the size of the institution.<ref>Peter Monaghan, "Librarians Protest Science's Departure From JSTOR, Fearing a Trend" ''Chronicle of Higher Education, (Oct 11, 2007)</ref> Its revenues in 2005 were $25 million. |
| | JSTOR policy is to provide a "moving wall" so that the last few years of a journal are not online. This is done to secure the support of journal editors who fear the loss of private subscriptions. | | JSTOR policy is to provide a "moving wall" so that the last few years of a journal are not online. This is done to secure the support of journal editors who fear the loss of private subscriptions. |