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  THE IRC IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A BRAND NEW ADDITION IN OUR LINE-UP OF DATABASES.

JSTOR IS ESPECIALLY EXCITING BECAUSE YOU CAN SEARCH THIS DATABASE YOURSELF, FREE OF CHARGE.

NO PASSWORD IS REQUIRED; IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR YOU TO USE BY COMING TO THE IRC AND SIGNING UP AT THE JSTOR TERMINAL.

WHAT IS JSTOR?

THE JSTOR DATABASE TODAY REPRESENTS A VIRTUAL LIBRARY COLLECTION, WHERE YOU CAN ENVISION AISLE UPON AISLE OF STACKS CONTAINING 143,00 PRINTED JOURNAL ISSUES, COVER TO COVER, SPANNING SOME 350 YEARS. NEW JOURNAL ISSUES ARE ADDED MONTHLY.

THE JSTOR ARCHIVE HOLDS THE COMPLETE DIGITIZED BACK RUNS OF CORE SCHOLARLY JOURNALS, STARTING WITH THE VERY FIRST ISSUES, SOME DATING AS FAR BACK AS THE 1600S. NEW TITLES AND DISCIPLINES ARE BEING ADDED REGULARLY.

ISSUES OF JOURNALS ARE NEVER “OUT”; THEY ARE ALWAYS ACCESSIBLE, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE CAPACITY FOR SEARCHING ACROSS DISCIPLINES OPENS UP VAST POSSIBILITIES FOR SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES DIGITAL JOURNALS, ONLY AVAILABLE DIGITALLY -- FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE IS AN INDEX TO THE CONTENTS OF THESE DIGITAL JOURNALS. ALL ARTICLES ARE IN FULL TEXT FORMAT -- YOU CAN READ THE COMPLETE TEXT OF EACH AND EVERY ARTICLE THROUGH JSTOR.

COME BY THE IRC TODAY AND SEARCH JSTOR -- YOU WILL BE AMAZED WITH THE RESULTS!