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How to Keep Track of Your Sources on JSTOR

Learn where to find bibliographic information so you have the details you need when it’s time to cite your research.
A colorized photograph of Ao Nagas tribespeople in Nagaland, India, ca. 1900

Can We Recover a Worldview Lost to Colonialism?

Among the Ao Naga of northeast India, humans may have been just one kind of person in a world filled with spiritual beings.
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Teaching Students to Follow an Idea

A five-step classroom exercise reframes research as an evolving scholarly conversation rather than a search for sources.
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How to Refine Your JSTOR Search

Too many JSTOR results? Learn how filters and Advanced Search can help you quickly identify sources that fit your research topic.
Members of the Earl Fitzwilliam Hunt at Clumber, surrounded by hounds, gather on the grass in front of the Earl's stately home, 1908.

How the Elite Learned to Seem Less Elite

British elites once signaled status through high culture. Over time, pop culture and everyday leisure became part of the picture.
Blue Embroidered Panties from the 1930s courtesy University of Wyoming

A Brief History of Women’s Underwear

The University of Wyoming’s Historic Clothing Collection offers a revealing look beneath the fashions of the past.
Students sitting in a class in Oregon, ca. 1905

What Civics Class Is For

Should schools tackle controversial political issues? A 1903 educator thought doing so was essential to preparing future voters.
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Why Is Leadership Riskier for Women?

Research shows that harsher penalties for failure can discourage women from pursuing top positions.
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Back to School

Stories from JSTOR Daily about education, libraries, learning, and student life.
Hakalau Japanese Language School circa 1918.

Why Hawaii Put Japanese into Public Schools

Political and religious leaders battled for influence through the education of Japanese immigrant children.