# I have JSTOR access again! Hurray! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692 "2012-01-07T01:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/1 "2012-01-07T01:53:32Z")
I graduated from law school in May of 2009. Ever since then, there’s been an absence in my life - like a favorite song I’d somehow forgotten, or an old lover’s perfume that has faded, or the last day of summer. I lost my access to JSTOR - the most wonderful, happiest academic database on Earth. (Westlaw and Lexis are tools - JSTOR is for _fun_). However, I just signed up for an online biology class through UMass, and one of the perks is JSTOR access. Boo-yah! Now I need to find fun things to read, which is where the Teeming Millions come in. Point me towards your favorite academic articles! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/2 "2012-01-07T04:31:23Z")
Bah. HeinOnline is so much better. Where else can you read court cases from 1220 and even better try to use google translate and get results like “wife of the body of the orphan” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/3 "2012-01-07T20:28:03Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Bah. HeinOnline is so much better. Where else can you read court cases from 1220 and even better try to use google translate and get results like “wife of the body of the orphan” Sirrah, I demand satisfaction. Pistols, rapiers, or Bluebooks? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/4 "2012-01-08T10:24:48Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > Sirrah, I demand satisfaction. Pistols, rapiers, or Bluebooks? CorpusJurisSecendum at 20 paces. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/5 "2012-01-08T20:29:57Z")
hooray, but are your sure you lost access after graduating? I graduated in 2006 and still can access the university database(s) HOORAY! ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/6 "2012-01-09T03:39:37Z")
> [@chela](#): > > hooray, but are your sure you lost access after graduating? > > I graduated in 2006 and still can access the university database(s) HOORAY! I graduated in 2007 and I lost it that evening. Another friend had it for several months. I think its a case of the IT department overlooked your account. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-jstor-access-again-hurray/608692/7 "2012-01-10T18:24:10Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I graduated in 2007 and I lost it that evening. Another friend had it for several months. I think its a case of the IT department overlooked your account. Friend, I say that we set aside our differences, take out **chela** , and search his pockets for loose database passwords.