JSTOR Update | August 29, 2008
New Content
The following journal was added to the JSTOR archive this week. The full details for the journal are:
The American Biology Teacher (Biological Sciences; Life Sciences)
URL: https://www.jstor.org/journal/amerbiolteac
Release Content:
Vols. 1 – 66; 1938 – 2004
Publisher: National Association of Biology Teachers
Moving Wall: 3 years
ISSN: 0002-7685
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Usage Statistics Updated
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Expanding JSTOR Shibboleth Support
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PDF Incompatibility with Mac Preview
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