JSTOR goes mobile

As use of the Internet through mobile devices increases, an increasing number of websites and services now have mobile-friendly versions. JSTOR have now followed EBSCO in developing a mobile version of their service, JSTOR Mobile. As the name suggests, it's a version of the JSTOR electronic resource specifically tailored for mobile devices. It's still at the beta stage, so what's described below might change.

As you'd expect, the interface is a stripped down version of JSTOR



You enter your search topic and get a list of results. If you click on a result, you will be presented with a mobile-friendly citation as seen below



The authors' names are hyperlinks that lead to results of searches for the author, you can email yourself, or immediately click, a link to the full-text in the "full" JSTOR site or you can view individual pages.

On-campus, if you are connected via a wi-fi network, you won't need to login, but without wi-fi, or if you are off-campus, you will need to login. To access JSTOR this way, you will need an Athens account Contact the library for if you want to be set-up on Athens (and Athens account will give you access to "full"-JSTOR, Dawson, Lexis-Nexis and other DBS library subscribed resources). Mobile JSTOR is by no means perfect, but as stated above, this is a Beta release, so hopefully an improved product will be available soon.

JSTOR mobile is best used for only searching JSTOR and emailing the citations to yourself so you can read the articles on a PC or laptop at a later time. You shouldn't need to login to be able to do this.