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JSTOR
(
;
[1]
short for
Journal Storage
)
[3]
is a
digital library
. It was founded in 1995 in
New York City
,
United States
. It was originally containing
digitized
back issues
of
academic journals
. It is now encompasses books and other primary sources as well as current issues of journals. It provides
full-text searches
of almost 2,000 journals.
As of 2013
[update]
, more than 8,000 institutions in more than 160 countries had access to JSTOR.
[4]
Most access is by
subscription
but some of the site is
public domain
, and
open access
content is available free of charge.
[5]
[6]
JSTOR's revenue was $86 million in 2015.
[7]