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Bonus webinars Historical Records Periodicals

History Lives at JSTOR

Sarah Kim
Apr 21, 2016
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Case Study 1
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Case Study 2
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Case Study 3
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How to Access JSTOR
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JSTOR Daily
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Conclusion
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About this webinar

Need local history from colonial New England or Virginia? Need information about Scottish settlements in North Carolina? Need history of mining in Wales? Find remarkable research in JSTOR to place your family story in historical context. With 2,000+ scholarly journals, JSTOR is one of the most comprehensive and trusted research databases in the world. Learn how to navigate the rich JSTOR library—from peer-reviewed scholarly research to critical analyses of historical events to detailed book reviews. In addition to scholarly societies and academic presses, JSTOR works with more than 30 state and regional historical societies to archive the entire runs of their publications &from the very first issue published—to make available for searching, browsing, and reading.

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Sarah Kim
Sarah Kim is the senior marketing manager at JSTOR where she oversees outreach and engagement with individual researchers. For the past 10 years, she helped to launch JSTOR’s Register & Read and JPASS programs and worked with publishers
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