Christiano Moreschi wrote:
I have to put my hand up here: I frequently link to [[Grove Music Online]], my main reference source for opera/classical music related material.
While it would be possible (if more difficult) to cite the print version instead (and this is done by those using the print version) part of the reason why I cite Grove Online is because the articles online are often slightly different from the print version, and some articles online, particularly those related to contemporary singers, are not the in the print version at all (annoyingly, it's these articles that tend to be lower quality anyway. Sigh).
I agree that's the case with Grove Music Online, and several other major sources, but in the specific case of JSTOR the online articles are literally scans of the print version, so citing the print version should be fine, since you're just reading the equivalent to a photocopied journal article. And people who have JSTOR access know how to look things up on it anyway, so the link isn't all that helpful (even many of us who have JSTOR access can't follow the links anyway, due to the way its login works).
-Mark