JSTOR Quick Start Guide: Welcome

Available from the library web site:

• https://atu.ie/library and select ATU Sligo
• Databases A - Z
• Choose JSTOR from the list

You may need to enter your ATU Sligo user name and password:

Students: studentnumber@atu.ie and ATU Sligo Password 

Staff: firstname.lastname@atu.ie and ATU Sligo Password 

The initial screen shows a search box.
For example, type the term neolithic in the box and Click .
You are shown a list of articles. In the column on the left of the screen you can Refine Results in the
following ways:

• Choose which Access Type you want: Everything or Content I Can Access (ie content for which full text is available within the library’s subscription)
• Search for a word within results you have already found
• Decide what Content Type you want, eg. Journals, Books/Chapters or Research Reports. The Library’s subscription is mainly for journals but sections of some books may be available.
• Limit the results to articles with a publication Date in a certain range.
• Choose articles on a particular Subject

You can also sort your results by Relevance or in order of publication date (starting with Newest or
Oldest). You can select some titles and use the drop down menu Export Selected Citations to export
references to bibliographic management software, including Endnote (use RIS file).
Click on a title link from the list to see further details and the full text of the article which you can read on
screen. Use the arrows to scroll forward or backward through the article.
● Alternatively, Click on the Download PDF link to see a pdf image of the article which you can save
or print.
Updated September 2022
Library Help Desk: library.sligo@atu.ie | or call to information desk
Tips:
● Use quotation marks to search for a phrase: eg. "early neolithic"
● Use ti: to search for a word in an article title, au: to search for an author
● Use AND, OR, NOT to combine terms:
○ eg. neolithic AND ti:Ireland

Click the JSTOR icon at the top left of the screen to return to the main JSTOR page.

Click Advanced Search.

Type the word neolithic in the first box and select Item Title from the drop down list to the right.

Type the word pottery in the second box and select Item Title from the drop down list to the right.

Select Content I Can Access

Choose one or more options under Narrow Results to limit your search by Item Type, Language, Publication Date Range or to a particular Journal or Discipline.

Click Submit Advanced Search

You are shown a list of articles.

You can narrow your search further by using the Search Within Results box to find articles with particular words or phrases.

Click the JSTOR icon to return to the main screen.
Click the Browse tab at the top of the screen.  The dropdown menu allows you to browse by Subject, Title, Collections or  Publisher.
For example, choose By Subject and from the list under Social Sciences Click Archaeology to see a list of Archaeology journal titles.

This is in a drop down menu under Tools.  It allows you to drop an article into a box on screen and have it suggest relevant articles based on words in the original article.