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CRM 380: BELL White Collar Crime 2025

JSTOR: Keyword Search (Traditional)

JSTOR has excellent resources for your project and there are now AI tools incorporated into the database to support your searching and reading.  We will try traditional searches AND AI-assisted searches in class today, then evaluate the results together.

 

Step 1:  Keyword Search (Traditional)

  1. Use Advanced Search

JSTOR is an interdisciplinary database, so you may want to limit your results using the advanced search:

jstor advanced search link

Scroll down to the Journal Filter section, and select one or more disciplines.  For this project, definitely select Sociology as shown below, as well as Criminology & Criminal Justice.  

JSTOR journal filter

  1. Adjust Keywords

Too many results?  Be more specific

Too few results?  Use more general terms, focus on keywords (vs a full sentence or phrase), and/or try putting in some synonyms separated by the word OR

  1. Refine Results

Use the Refine Results menu on the left to narrow down your results, or to search within your results for a particular word or phrase