If you've done any research in an academic setting within the last decade, chances are good that you've used the JSTOR article database. Until this week, all of their full-text articles could only be viewed through a paid subscription, usually at a university or large public library. In response to recent attempts to steal their content, however, JSTOR has moved up their scheduled plans to make more than 500,000 out-of-copyright articles available for free.
They haven't announced specific journals yet, but with more than 220 titles included in the Early Journal Content program, we are hopeful that some of them will be useful to our patrons. As these resources become available, we will list the ones most likely to be of interest in our online catalog.
To read more about the (minor) controversy behind this decision, take a look at the recent Library Journal article, which includes a demonstration video for JSTOR's upcoming free content.
--Robin
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