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JSTOR® Online Archives 

AERA is pleased to offer online access to the AERA journal archiveincluding full-text search capabilitiesto members through a joint project with JSTOR. Access may be purchased at the low subscription price of $40 a year and is available only to current AERA members.

Journals in JSTOR have "moving walls" that define the time lag between the most current issue published and the content available in JSTOR. AERA journals have a three-year moving wall. This means that the most recent issues available to AERA member JSTOR subscribers are from three years ago. The moving wall shifts each January when new issues are posted.

Subscribers have access to: 

Educational Researcher (1972  current year minus three)
American Educational Research Journal (1964  current year minus three)
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (1979  current year minus three)
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (1976  current year minus three)
Review of Educational Research (1931  current year minus three)
Review of Research in Education (1973  current year minus three)

Frequently Asked Questions

What is JSTOR? 
How do I subscribe? 
How do I access JSTOR? 
How do I use JSTOR? 

What is JSTOR? 

In the broadest sense, JSTOR's mission is to help the scholarly community take advantage of advances in information technologies. In pursuing this mission, JSTOR has adopted a system-wide perspective, taking into account the sometimes conflicting needs of libraries, publishers, and scholars. JSTOR's goals include, among other things, building a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature and dramatically improving access to these journals.

Through the moving wall, JSTOR seeks to avoid jeopardizing publishers' subscriptions and revenue opportunities from current and recent material, while also enabling libraries and researchers to rely on JSTOR as a trusted archive, providing both preservation and access for journals after a reasonable period of time. This period is specified by publishers in their license agreements with JSTOR, and generally ranges from three to five years. In calculating the moving wall, the current, incomplete year is not counted.

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How do I subscribe?

To purchase a JSTOR subscription and have access to the AERA journal archives in the JSTOR journal database, choose one of the following options:

  1. Renewing soon? Include payment for your JSTOR subscription when you renew. You will find the JSTOR subscription included as an option both on the printed renewal form and in the online renewal process.
     
  2. Are you already a member but did not select JSTOR when you renewed? Sign up at any time. Go to www.aera.net and login.  “My AERA” webpage should open up.  If “My AERA” webpage does not open up, click on “My AERA” in the top right hand corner.  On the “My AERA” webpage, you will see “Welcome <your first name>!” look under that heading for “Membership,” and click on the link for “Purchasing Additional Journals.  Scroll down the webpage titled, “Member Sales.”  You will see the description and where to check if you want “JSTOR, the AERA Online Journal Archive” at    “1-Year $40.”  You can purchase this and any other items to add to your membership.

In purchasing access to JSTOR, AERA members agree that they will access the database for their personal use only and will not share their user name, password, or access with other individuals or institutions. Please read the JSTOR Terms and Conditions of Usage before you begin. 

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How do I access JSTOR?

Once you have purchased a JSTOR subscription, log into www.aera.net.  “My AERA” webpage should open up.  If “My AERA” webpage does not open up, click on “My AERA.”  On the “My AERA” webpage, you will see “Welcome <your first name>!” look under that heading for “Membership,” and you will see the link “JSTOR access.”   Click on “JSTOR Access” and you will have direct access to the JSTOR site for AERA published journals.  No further logins are needed. 

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How do I use JSTOR?

Please see "Getting Access to JSTOR" and  "An Introduction to Searching on JSTOR"
 

If you need additional assistance please contact JSTOR, or the AERA office at (202) 238-3200 or members@aera.net

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