Jurn

{{Short description|Search tool for full-text scholarly works}}

Jurn is a free online search tool for the finding and downloading of free full-text scholarly works. It was established by David Haden in a public online open beta version in February 2009,{{Cite web|url=https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4322584/suber_oa2009.html|title=Open access in 2009|website=dash.harvard.edu|access-date=2022-04-06|archive-date=2022-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302011921/https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4322584/suber_oa2009.html|url-status=live}} initially for finding open access electronic journal articles in the arts and humanities. An additional public directory of web links to the indexed journals was placed online in mid 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-09.htm|title=Peter Suber, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, 6/2/09|website=legacy.earlham.edu|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-date=2014-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140909100408/http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-09.htm|url-status=live}} The Jurn search service and directory has since been continually updated and cleaned.{{Cite web|url=https://jurnsearch.wordpress.com/about/|title=FAQ: about JURN|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402124328/https://jurnsearch.wordpress.com/about/|url-status=live}} In March 2014 Jurn expanded to index topics in science, biomedicine, business and economics, plus selected university repository services for open access deposit papers and full-text theses.{{Cite web |url=http://librarylearningspace.com/jurn-org-academic-search-tool-expands-scope/ |title=LibraryLearningSpace (online continuation of ACCESS: Asia's Newspaper on Electronic Information Products & Services) 25 April 2014 |access-date=24 December 2014 |archive-date=24 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224081611/http://librarylearningspace.com/jurn-org-academic-search-tool-expands-scope/ |url-status=live }} Jurn is powered by a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) and is run without any adverts.

LiLi Li of Georgia Southern University described Jurn as a "recognised academic search engine" in his 2014 book Scholarly Information Discovery in the Networked Academic Learning Environment, and included a paragraph describing the Jurn service.LiLi Li, Scholarly Information Discovery in the Networked Academic Learning Environment, Elsevier 2014, p.185. Jurn also has a descriptive entry in Marcus P. Zillman's annotated White Paper "Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources".{{Cite web|url=http://whitepapers.virtualprivatelibrary.net/Scholar.pdf|title=Marcus P. Zillman, "Academic and Scholar Search Engines and Sources"|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-date=2014-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224090205/http://whitepapers.virtualprivatelibrary.net/Scholar.pdf|url-status=live}} In 2015 University of Maryland librarian Matthew Testa tested JURN alongside Google Scholar and he concluded that... "JURN can be an effective way to find OA [open access] content from a variety of sources".M. Testa, "Availability and Discoverability of Open-Access Journals in Music", Music Reference Services Quarterly, Volume 19, Issue 1, Spring 2016.

At 2016 Jurn is web linked by a number of academic and government libraries, including the Central Library of the European Commission,{{Cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eclas/vrc/oa_sear.htm|title=Central Library of the European Commission, Virtual Reference Collection: Open Access Search Tools|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-date=2015-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106233717/http://ec.europa.eu/eclas/vrc/oa_sear.htm|url-status=live}} Jesus College, University of Cambridge,{{Cite web|url=https://quinlibrary.wordpress.com/web-resources/web-search/|title=Private Site|website=quinlibrary.wordpress.com|access-date=2022-04-06|archive-date=2016-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019062751/https://quinlibrary.wordpress.com/web-resources/web-search/|url-status=live}} University of California{{Cite web|url=https://www.library.ucsb.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-journals|title=Open Access Journals|date=January 10, 2012|website=UCSB Library|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506192408/https://www.library.ucsb.edu/scholarly-communication/open-access-journals|url-status=live}} and Princeton University Library.{{Cite web|url=http://libguides.princeton.edu/c.php?g=84054&p=541440|title=Princeton University Library Online Reference Shelf: Free Online Journals|access-date=2014-12-24|archive-date=2014-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224081317/http://libguides.princeton.edu/c.php?g=84054&p=541440|url-status=live}}

GRAFT (Global Repository Access Full-Text), powered by a Google Custom Search Engine (CSE), searches across full-text and records alike, in 4,765 repositories.{{cite web |title=GRAFT : search across all the world's academic repositories. |url=https://www.jurn.link/graft/index.html |website=jurn.link |access-date=25 January 2023}}