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JSTOR, bah!!

  • 04-04-2009 4:30pm
    #1
    Rozabeez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,878 ✭✭✭


    Am I doing something wrong or does Maynooth not have the off-campus agreement thingy with them?


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  • #2
    Joe1919
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Joe1919


    Try this and add to favourites (Bookmark)

    https://login.jproxy.nuim.ie/login?url=http://uk.jstor.org/search/


  • #3
    Rozabeez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,878 ✭✭✭Rozabeez


    Can still only get the first page of my article =/ balls!


  • #4
    allandanyways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭allandanyways


    Go to this page https://login.jproxy.nuim.ie/login?qurl=http%3A//library.nuim.ie/resources/databases_index.shtml and log in and then you'll be redirected to the database page and then click into jstor and search for whatever you're looking for. You can view the files as pdfs aswell if that's any help (pdf link usually oppposite the bibliographic details at the top of the page)


  • #5
    Ostrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    The off-campus is useless.

    Try google scholar with the title; you may get lucky and hit an article hosted on another open webpage/server


  • #6
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    The off-campus thing is designed by apes. APES.

    What efla said about Scholar. scholar.google.com


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  • #7
    Joe1919
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Joe1919


    I have used off campus to jstor all the time (& ebrary, newspaper archieves etc.) for last 3 years ( & different computers) with no major problems. Ebrary only works in internet explorer). I usaully use Firefox for the others. There was a problem a while ago with Firefox downloading PDF files .

    As I already suggested, I bookmark the search page with above link and its gives me instant ascess after my log in page.


  • #8
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    Oh it usually works fine, don't get me wrong. I just think that they could have made it easier. For a start, the off-campus link doesn't look like a link. It looks like a page header.

    A big old button on the front page called 'click here for off-campus access' would be awesome.


  • #9
    Ostrom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭Ostrom


    I dont know what it is - computerland mystery, it just plain doesnt work on my home computer most of the time


  • #10
    Rozabeez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,878 ✭✭✭Rozabeez


    Yeah it's just not happening for me. Well, time to get a summary of the article, write the essay and pretend I did the readings so.


  • #11
    banquo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,487 ✭✭✭banquo


    What's the article, Ro? I'll get it and send it to you.

    robbbmm@gmail.com


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  • #12
    ana ng
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31 ✭ana ng


    Rozabeez wrote: »
    Can still only get the first page of my article =/ balls!

    Double check to see if its a full-text article on JSTOR. Not all are. Are you reading it through pdf and getting only the first page?

    Have to say that for me apart from some downtime the proxy yoke has been 100% reliable.


  • #13
    Rozabeez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,878 ✭✭✭Rozabeez


    I'm just going to spend tomorrow librarying it up, thanks anyway folks!


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