BOOKS AT JSTOR

Books at JSTOR offers more than 40,000 ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, integrated with journals and primary sources on JSTOR's easy-to-use platform.

All titles offered in Books at JSTOR are available exclusively in a DRM-free, unlimited-user model. The ebooks work just like the journals on JSTOR, with unlimited simultaneous use, downloads, and printing, and no need to log in or use special software. Learn more.

 

INSIDE HIGHER ED EXAMINES THE GROWTH OF BOOKS AT JSTOR

An article in Inside Higher Ed explores the growth of the Books at JSTOR program, and how the popularity of the JSTOR platform among student and faculty researchers helps increase discovery of the ebooks. The article also discusses JSTOR's DRM-free model, the financial benefits to libraries, the increase in foreign-language content, and more. Read the full article here.

2016 SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

Books at JSTOR offers packages of frontlist titles that support academic research in core disciplines. New 2016 sets are now available in History, Language & Literature, Political Science, and Sociology.

A full list of the subject collections is below.  Choose a subject to learn more, and contact us at participation@jstor.org for information on the special savings available. 

 

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

  

SPANISH-LANGUAGE COLLECTION

Books at JSTOR has partnered with academic publishers in Latin America and Spain to make important scholarship in Spanish available on the JSTOR platform.  Special savings are available on this collection through June 30, 2016.  Learn more.

NEW 5-VOLUME SET: ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF IRELAND

Published by the Royal Irish Academy, the Art and Architecture of Ireland collection provides an authoritative account of Ireland's artistic and architectural heritage from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. The ebooks are available exclusively through JSTOR, and contain the same content as the print versions—including all 2,500 images. Learn more.

TRAINING WEBINARS FOR PARTICIPATING LIBRARIES

Get the most out of Books at JSTOR! Libraries that are currently participating in the ebook program are invited to join us for a 30-minute webinar that will include a platform demo, information on MARC records and discovery, and resources to help you promote the ebooks to faculty and students. There will also be time for questions. 

YBP LIBRARY SERVICES

Libraries may purchase access to Books at JSTOR titles using YBP's collection management interface, GOBI³. Libraries can elect to receive new JSTOR title notifications from GOBI³, or have titles automatically delivered on JSTOR through YBP's eApproval program. To view a short video and learn about getting started, click here.

Benefits of Books at JSTOR

• High-quality scholarly content: Important titles from leading academic publishers, including Princeton University Press, Yale University Press, Harvard University Press, and many more

 

• Easy to use: Like journal articles, book chapters can be read online or downloaded as PDF files that never expire

 

• Seamless integration with journals: Search across the full text of books, journals, and primary sources to make research easier and more effective

 

• Unlimited, DRM-free access: JSTOR's unlimited-user model allows unlimited downloading and printing of DRM-free chapters

 

• Flexible purchase models: Build a collection title by title; choose a subject collection; or set up Demand-Driven Acquisition to pay for titles only when they're used

 

• Savings: We offer savings based on your institution's size and JSTOR Archive Collection participation, plus special savings on subject collections

 

• Interlibrary loan: Books at JSTOR permits interlibrary loan for book chapters

 

• Free MARC records: We offer free, high-quality OCLC MARC records for all titles