No. 10, Issue 3, JSTORNEWS, October 2006

New (and Improved) for Users

JSTOR is pleased to offer four new and improved features for users.

Direct Export of Citations

In 2002, JSTOR introduced a citation management tool designed to make the JSTOR interface compatible with a suite of commonly used bibliographic software packages. At that time, we developed the filters necessary for importing JSTOR citations into the popular programs EndNote, Reference Manager, and ProCite. The exported citation information was also made available for users to e-mail or save as a text file.

We are pleased to announce that enhancements to the citation management tool were added in August 2006, including the availability of a direct export feature for citations. JSTOR users may now directly export citations to the EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, and RefWorks products. Instead of requiring the user to first export the citations then import them using a specially downloaded filter, the direct export option will automatically open the citation management software and allow the user to immediately save the citations. This facilitates faster and more seamless exporting and importing of citations. Downloadable filters for these programs are still available for those users with older versions of citation management software. Other changes to the citation management feature include a new BibTeX formatted export option, and a reorganization of the export options on the Saved Citations page.

For more information about JSTOR citation management, please see the Saving Citations help page at http://www.jstor.org/help/saved_citations_list_help.html.

Limiting Searches by Language

We now offer a new option for limiting searches by language as part of the JSTOR search interface. On the Advanced Search form, this option appears under the "Narrow Your Search" section. From a drop-down menu one can choose to search for articles written in specific languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish. For example, a user who searches for articles on Benjamin Franklin only in French would see 76 results, including the article "Franklin En France" in The French Review (Feb., 1956).

A search may be limited to other languages by using the field codes that are listed in the Search Help file, but please note that the results for these languages may only include a small number of articles. As more back issues are added to the JSTOR archive, we expect that the amount of articles available in different languages will grow.

For more information about limiting searches, please see the Search Help page at http://www.jstor.org/help/search.html.

Web Tutorials

JSTOR now offers two web tutorials using screen-capture video with voice-over instructions in English. These short tutorials walk users through the process of searching and browsing the JSTOR archive. Each tutorial is available in several formats: Flash, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime.

The tutorials may be downloaded by visiting http://www.jstor.org/about/tutorials/.

Linking Updates

Reference Linking
The JSTOR reference linking feature was first made available in February 2006. Reference links allow users to link directly from a reference citation to the cited article. At this time, reference links are being made available between journals archived in JSTOR. In the future, we expect to facilitate links to external content sources, and to support OpenURL-based link resolvers.

Approximately 112,500 links are currently available from portions of more than 40 journals in JSTOR, and we will continue to add to the available links on a regular basis. We expect to complete retrospective reference capture for all current holdings in the JSTOR archive in 2007.

For more details about reference linking, please see the help page at
http://www.jstor.org/help/reference.linking.html.

CrossRef Deposits
As of 2006, JSTOR began depositing metadata into CrossRef (www.crossref.org) for selected journal back issues in the JSTOR archive. Deposits are being made on a regular basis as more back issues become available in the archive. To date, metadata for approximately 1.5 million full-length articles and book reviews, or 52% of "full-length" articles and book reviews in JSTOR, have been deposited with CrossRef.

Depositing metadata into CrossRef facilitates linking from other resource providers. Since April, more than 98,000 links have been followed from CrossRef partners to the journals in JSTOR. Currently, top referring sites linking to JSTOR via CrossRef include ScienceDirect, Google, Scopus, EBSCOhost, SpringerLink, and BioOne.

More information about JSTOR and CrossRef may be found at
http://www.jstor.org/help/dois.html.

We welcome your feedback as we continue to develop the functionality of the JSTOR archive. Please contact us with questions or comments at support@jstor.org.