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Home - LibGuides at Loyola Marymount University versus JSTOR
Compare	Home - LibGuides at Loyola Marymount University	JSTOR
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	LMU students starting subject research	Students and academics
Who it's not for	Non-LMU users . resources route to gated LMU databases	Casual readers without a library login
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^³	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁰
Support quality	Students praise librarian help finding information	Help center exists; no quality evidence
Public sentiment	Student reviews praise the library's 24-hour access and helpful librarians; the guides themselves get little direct commentary.^⁴	Quora and Reddit users treat JSTOR as the credible scholarly default but gripe about paywalls and home-access friction.¹²
Biggest gotcha	Guides link to LMU-licensed databases; off-campus access requires an LMU login^²	Solo researchers face per-article fees or the JPASS subscription; Quora users call pricing expensive.¹²

Pick Home - LibGuides at Loyola Marymount University when

LMU students starting subject research
Faculty building course resource lists
Yoga Studies and Education researchers
Anyone with LMU library login

When Home - LibGuides at Loyola Marymount University is not a fit

Non-LMU users . resources route to gated LMU databases
Software buyers . nothing here is for sale
Corporate research teams . purely academic scope
Deep literature searching . Google Scholar does far more

Pick JSTOR when

Students and academics
Humanities and social science research
Citing primary sources
Institutions and libraries

When JSTOR is not a fit

Casual readers without a library login
Businesses needing market or competitive data
Solo browsers unwilling to pay per article
Guess: anyone needing the newest journal issues

Sources

LibGuides at Loyola Marymount Universitylibguides.lmu.edu
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Where are the research guides (LibGuides)? . LMU Library FAQlmu.ask.libraryh3lp.com
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Security page . libguides.lmu.edulibguides.lmu.edu
security
Loyola Marymount University Review . Appilyappily.com
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What your LMU tour guide won't tell you . The LA Loyolanlaloyolan.com
news
LMU Library Receives Federal Grant . LMU Newsroomnewsroom.lmu.edu
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Site Index @ the Library . LMUlibrary.lmu.edu
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JSTOR Homejstor.org
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How to Register & Get Free Access to Contentsupport.jstor.org
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Security page checkjstor.org
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JSTOR . Bias and Credibilitymediabiasfactcheck.com
review
Why are academic articles on JSTOR so expensive?quora.com
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Having trouble accessing JSTOR from homereddit.com
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JPASS promotion by Phi Kappa Phifacebook.com
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JSTOR Home: Revenue, Competitors, Alternativesgrowjo.com
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Piedmont University Library eBooks guidelibrary.piedmont.edu
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