FAQs

JPASS provides personal access to a specially selected digital library of journal content on JSTOR.

JPASS is for people who are enthusiastic about research in any number of fields, but who do not belong to a university or research organization with institutional access to JSTOR.

If you think you may already have access to JSTOR, you may search for your university or library using the Institution Finder. JPASS may give you access to more journals than those licensed by your institution or library.

JPASS includes the archives of the more than 1,600 journals listed in the JPASS Collection and is continually expanding to include new journals. The JPASS Collection represents a large portion of what is in the JSTOR digital library (approximately 84%), but not all of it. Content not in the JPASS Collection includes scholarly books, primary sources, current and more recent journal issues, and, in some cases, journal archives. If you come across this content in your use of JSTOR, please be aware that this content may be available for limited, free reading, for purchase as an individual article, or available through an interlibrary loan from a JSTOR participating library.

A journal's collection of archival issues is defined by each publisher according to a set number of years that must pass after an issue's publication. Most issues are added to the archival collection of a journal within three to five years of being published. The complete archival record is included for most journals on JSTOR, back to the first volume and issue.

Because the archive of a journal necessarily grows to include more issues over time, a new year's worth of published content is added to most journals in the JPASS Collection each January.

You can read ALL the content in the JPASS Collection: full articles and book reviews, entire issues of journals, and decades of academic research.

The JPASS Collection may be updated over time to included new titles and publishers. The JPASS Collection title list is updated weekly to reflect any new additions.

We will send a regular communication notifying you of new additions to the JPASS Collection. To stay informed about the latest JPASS updates, we encourage you to confirm that you wish to receive JSTOR communications in your email preferences in the My Profile section of your MyJSTOR account.

Yes. Our Early Journal Content and Register & Read programs offer free read-only access to a limited set of content on JSTOR for individuals.

Depending on your research needs, you can choose from a 1-month or 1-year access plan. We will ask you to register for a MyJSTOR account, or to log in if you already have one. Click the "Check out with PayPal" button to submit your payment information, then confirm your purchase details and click "Purchase" to finalize your order. We’ll send you a receipt for your purchase, and then you can begin accessing JSTOR with JPASS!

During checkout, you will be presented with the option of paying as a guest with a debit or credit card. You do not need to log in to PayPal or register for a new PayPal account to purchase JPASS.

Go to jstor.org and log in to search for articles and browse journals available to you. You can access the entire JPASS Collection with your MyJSTOR account. Log in to MyJSTOR to search for articles and browse journals on JSTOR. Visit our Help & Support page for additional information about JSTOR's search features.

Yes. Each JPASS plan provides a set number of downloads (PDF), as well as unlimited online reading of journals in the JPASS Collection.

The JPASS downloads page displays the number of downloads in your plan, how many you've used, and how many you have left.

All of your PDF copies of articles are saved in your MyJSTOR account. They can be downloaded to your mobile device or desktop at any time.

JPASS was designed with a single user in mind. We ask that you maintain the confidentiality of your MyJSTOR login information per the Terms and Conditions. If you belong to an institution that is interested in providing access to JSTOR, we are happy to review our multi-user access options with you or your librarian.

The 1-month plan expires 30 days after purchase. The 1-year plan expires 365 days after purchase. You can confirm the expiration date for your plan in the JPASS Downloads section of your MyJSTOR account.

Yes. You will have permanent access to downloaded PDFs through your MyJSTOR account.

Your 1-month or 1-year plan is eligible for renewal one week prior to its expiration date. Click the "Renew" button in the JPASS Downloads section of your MyJSTOR account to renew your access to JSTOR with JPASS.

Your 1-month plan is eligible for upgrade at any time. Click the "Upgrade" button in the JPASS Downloads section of your MyJSTOR account to change from a 1-month plan to a 1-year plan.

Yes. If you upgrade to a 1-year plan before your 1-month plan expires or renew a monthly plan before expiration, the remaining downloads will be added to your new plan. For example, if you upgrade with 4 downloads left in your 1-month plan, they will be added to the 120 in your new plan. You will begin with a total of 124 downloads.

We want you to be completely happy with your purchase. The 1-year JPASS plan is refundable within two weeks of purchase if no more than 10 downloads are used during that time. Simply contact JSTOR Support to let us know you'd like a refund.

Please include the following information when you contact us:

1. Your name and preferred contact information
2. The PayPal Transaction ID for your JPASS purchase
3. The reason for your refund request

Upon receipt, we'll review your request to verify that the terms of the policy are met and issue a full refund in the original form of payment. Refund requests received more than 14 days following purchase will not be eligible.

Please note the 1-month JPASS plan is not eligible for a refund.

In most cases, errors can be resolved easily. If an error occurs during checkout, please contact JSTOR Support and provide the full text of the error message in your email. This will assist us in identifying the cause of the error.