For my first search, I performed a very basic search. I simply typed “genealogy” in the search field with no limiters. I wanted to discern what type of content the JSTOR search database contained, so that I could limit my search to a more specific topic inside genealogy.
What I learned: Content. It brought up 49,937 results, based on psychology and soft sciences, with articles about genealogy and morals, Neitzsche, and irony. Now that I’ve ascertained the type of information that this database contains, I know that I want to focus on genealogy and history. I did a few more searches, filtering out terms with Nietzsche (who apparently wrote an article about the genealogy of morality), and found an article on using genealogy to teach history. It gives some good tips on getting children engaged in a genealogy search, and ways to integrate that into a lesson in history that is interesting and dramatic for kids.
What I learned: Searching. JSTOR uses the typical Boolean searching applications, so using the Boolean symbols and wildcards I crafted a search that returned the articles I needed.
Reflection: JSTOR is a database with articles on historical and psychological topics. The database is fairly comprehensive inside of those parameters. It would not help with actual genealogy research, but it does have tips for utilizing genealogy in a larger capacity in life, such as using it to teach history.
The top five retrieved items were:
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