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Integrating Search Widgets into Course Web Sites

Provides instructions for inserting widgets for searching library research databases and catalogues into Blackboard or other course web sites.

JSTOR

This widget will help your students search for scholarly journal articles in all subjects, with strength in the Humanities. Full text is available. Coverage starts with Vol. 1, No. 1 of all titles, and goes up to 3 to 5 years ago. See what journals are searched:

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Search for scholarly journal articles in all subjects, with strength in the Humanities. Full text is available. Coverage starts with Vol. 1, No. 1 of all titles, and goes up to 3 to 5 years ago.

Please Note: You do not have to create an account. Just X out of the "Unlock more with JSTOR" box and you will see the search option.

How Do You Do It?

Cut and paste the following code into your course page:

 

<p><a href="https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ufv.ca?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Faction%2FshowAdvancedSearch" id="FORM_5" method="get" target="_blank" title="JSTOR"><img alt="JSTOR Logo" loading="lazy" src="//s3.amazonaws.com/libapps/accounts/45929/images/jstor_logo_small_0.gif" /></a><br />
Search for scholarly journal articles in all subjects, with strength in the Humanities. Full text is available. Coverage starts with Vol. 1, No. 1 of all titles, and goes up to 3 to 5 years ago.</p>

<p><b>Please Note: You do not have to create an account. </b> Just X out of the &quot;Unlock more with JSTOR&quot; box and you will see the search option.</p>
 

 

Open up BlackBoard and go to create a new content item.

Select the source code option:

JSTOR widget adding to BlackBoard, source code is listed and Save button is highlighted.

 

Paste the copied code into the blank box and hit save

JSTOR source code in BlackBoard

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