Books at JSTOR developed purchasing models in close consultation with academic librarians.  We offer title-by-title selection, subject collections, Demand-Driven Acquisition, and approval plans. You can also place orders through YBP Library Services.  Each purchasing model includes perpetual access.

We offer savings on every book, based on your institution's size and JSTOR Archive Collection participation. Special savings are also available on the subject collections. In addition, there is no annual fee for JSTOR participants.  Please contact participation@jstor.org for more information about the savings available to your institution.  

 

Title-by-Title Selection
You can build a collection by selecting individual titles from our full title list. You can download an Excel file of our latest title list. We can also work with you to run holdings comparisons and recommend titles; please contact us at participation@jstor.org for more information.

Subject Collections

We've created pre-defined collections in core disciplines with high journal usage on JSTOR's platform. Special savings are available on the subject collections.  

Choose a subject below to learn more. 

• Archaeology
• Business & Economics
• Education
• Film Studies
• History
• Language & Literature
• Law
• Music
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Religion
• Science & Technology
• Sociology
• Sustainability

Demand-Driven Acquisition
In the DDA model, purchases are determined by patron usage, so your library will never purchase a book that will go unused. Here's how it works:

 

• You will build a profile of titles to make available to users at your institution. This can include all the titles available from Books at JSTOR, or a subset based on such parameters as publisher, discipline, publication date, or maximum price.
• These titles appear to users just like purchased content; they appear in search results and may be viewed and downloaded the same way as if they were already purchased.
• When usage of a title reaches a certain threshold, a purchase is triggered and the institution's deposit account is debited the price of the title. Once a title is triggered, the library will have perpetual access to the ebook.
• All usage below the purchase trigger is free.

Please contact us at participation@jstor.org for more information about setting up a DDA account with Books at JSTOR.


YBP Library Services
All Books at JSTOR titles are now available in GOBI.  Libraries can place title-by-title firm orders, receive new JSTOR title notifications, or have titles automatically delivered on JSTOR through YBP's eApproval program.  For more information about purchasing through YBP, click here.