Ever wish you had the time simply to explore JSTOR? Since it has thousands of journals with electronic copies of each title starting with volume one, issue one, relying on serendipity to guide you can be challenging. Now there's help...
October 1, 2014, JSTOR launched its open-access JSTOR Daily online magazine, featuring short, blog-style articles on a wide range of popular and general-interest topics. Each piece is designed to lead you further into JSTOR's cache of academic material. Sections feature pieces on: Arts & Culture; Business & Economics; Politics & History; Science & Environment; and Education & Tech. Each JD piece includes links to relevant JSTOR articles and makes them open to the public. Of course, once something piques your curiosity, you'll want to log into the library's subscription to "dig deeper" on your own.
For example, "Infection Control 600 Years Before the CDC," by James MacDonald, appears in the Science & Environment section (9Oct14) and highlights relevant articles from 1917, 1951, and 2007. Seems ripped from today's headlines, right?Read the full announcement in the 9Oct14 Library Journal article, "JSTOR Launches Free Online Magazine for Popular Audience." (Just remember: This is a Beta service.)
--Sandy Hawes, Online Services Librarian
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