JSTOR is a great database for scholarly sources. It has plenty of notable features. For example, it is cleanly organized. The front page displays a wide range of different subjects for someone to do a specific search. When a subject is chosen, it brings the user to a list of academic journals specific to that subject. An issue is that there isn't a "search all" option within a subject group, since it may be unclear which journal would have the best results or the highest quality article. There is a search all option without specifying a subject area, and results can be sorted by relevancy, newest to oldest, or oldest to newest. Another useful feature is that there are symbols next to the article title that reveal whether the full text, partial text, or just a citation is available. I like that you can scan the page for a full text symbol instead of having to play trial and error. Once an article is chosen, the researcher doesn't have to dig through the pages for citation information; instead, there is an option to view the citation information. Another time-saver is that JSTOR highlights the user's search terms throughout the article, and then also displays related articles through Google Scholar. The text view, however, isn't perfect and will probably require zooming in if printing it isn't an option. Considering the time-savers, organization, and quality articles of the database, it should get a 10, but the text views and limited search options within a subject area makes it more of an 8.5.
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