Changes for JStor

JSTOR, one of the journal databases available to students, recently made significant changes to its web site.

In addition to a new look, JSTOR also changed some functional aspects of the site:

• You can create an account and save citations indefinitely, allowing you to better track your research.
• You can limit searches by discipline and by journal title, making for more targeted results.
• When you are presented with a Results list, you can search within those results as well. 

The Quick Tips box on the search page is helpful and is a great place to go if you want to learn more.  And, of course, you can always ask a reference librarian if you have any questions about JSTOR.

What’s that word mean?!

So, you’re doing your reading assignment for one of your classes and run into a word you don’t know.  What in the world does [blank] mean?!

How can Ramaker Library help you answer this question?  It’s easy!  Just use Oxford English Dictionary Online.  Go to www.nwciowa.edu/library and select the Oxford English Dictionary link under Quick Links at the left.

We can easily help you find the answers to questions such as these . . .

Is studying soporific for you?

Does it drive you nuts when people flummer?

Is your roommate a valetudinarian, a gadabout, or a solitudinarian?

Have fun with these and other definiendums and definiens!