The American Dream on the Border: JSTOR

• JSTOR is a database
• In this case, a database contains articles from journals and other publications

• JSTOR is multidisciplinary, but it's main strengths are not science and technology
• It contains articles on all sorts of subjects

• It's a good database to turn to if you're having trouble finding anything in Academic Search Complete
• It contains more than Academic Search Complete, so you'll likely spend more time trying to find what you need

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Introduction to Online Databases  (2:00)  

Search Strategies for  Finding Articles  (3:50)  

Finding Full-Text Articles  (2:46)  

The Different Types of Articles (Magazines, Journals and Newspapers)  (4:40)  

Scholarly Articles  (3:09)

How to Find a Specific Article  (2:52)

How to Create or Recover Your Library PIN  (3:15)

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