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Student or Affiliated User

What’s an affiliated user you ask? Why, it’s someone that accesses JSTOR through their school, employer, or organization. You might even say that an affiliated user has access to JSTOR via an institution that they’re… wait for it… affiliated with!





Welcome, dear reader, to the land of affiliated users! Before we go too far down the JSTOR rabbit hole, I’d like to let you know a little bit about the Support space we’ve got here. It’s run by all of us at JSTOR Support, the folks who you call, email, or Tweet if you need a little guidance. We’ll have longer posts on all sorts of topics going on over at our Waxing Poetic, how-to information in the Toolbox , and help for common problems at Wit’s End.

Now, for the rabbit hole! Er, actually, this page is more like the trail to the rabbit hole than the rabbit hole itself. We’ve got some info for you below that helps sum up what your experience on JSTOR will be like, with plenty of links to pages that have a lot more detail (and therefore rabbit holes—concise ones, we swear!).

All institutions have different levels of access

First, you should know that every institution provides access to JSTOR a little differently. Some institutions choose to make all the content on JSTOR available to their users, some get a lot—but not all—of it, and some just get a few journals. There are also different types of content, including journals, books, and primary sources.

Thankfully, we’ve got a few ways to sort through it all to get to the content you need. Once you're authenticated on JSTOR, all your searches will automatically show content you can access while leaving out the other stuff (if you’d like to search through all of the content on JSTOR instead, from the Search results page, click the link that reads All Content or, in Advanced Search, uncheck the box that reads "Include only content I can access"). We also have access icons that hang out next to the content in case you use one of the Browse options or just plain go off the beaten Search path.

Our institutions are as different and special as snowflakes, and the access options they have are no different. Some have automatic access on campus (or on the institution’s premises), which is provided via IP authentication. A lot of them have remote access, too, but not all of them. You can find out if your institution does by asking at your library. There are a few different types of remote access, and an institution that provides remote access will usually have one or two types. If your institution does have remote access, you may be able to log in through our Institution Finder.

So, have fun running through the JSTOR universe! If you stop having fun, please feel free check this blog for tips, our information site about JSTOR, or contact us for help doing whatever you need to get done. We’ll try to lend a hand, and maybe we’ll send you a link to an article about cats on the Internet to cheer you up, too.



HOW TO USE THE INSTITUTION FINDER

So. You want to access an article you've found on JSTOR, you're off campus, you can't figure out how to log in AND you're part of a university or participating institution. DON'T PANIC. We're here to help. 

For Participating Institutions

  • Click on the "login page" on the upper right hand side of your screen, where it tells you that you aren't logged in. You can also click the "login" link next to the JSTOR icon.
  • This will take you to the login page. On the right hand side of the page, you'll have two different means of searching for your institution. The first option is where you're most likely to have success. Here, you can type in the name of your school and find it directly. The second option detects your IP and tries to give you an accurate list based on your location. 
  •  If you're searching and you find your school in the dropdown menu below search, click it. There may be a "login" button to the right hand side. Following the "Login" button will take you back to your school's library website, where you will sign in using whatever method your library uses. Once you are authenticated, you should automatically be redirected back to JSTOR and you are good to go! 

 

  • If you find your school and you see "More Info" in lieu of "Login" that generally means we don't have an official URL to point to your library's login page. If you see "More Info," try your university's library website first. You can search for terms like "databases," "off-campus access," "e-resources," "proxy server," or "Virtual Private Network" (VPN). These may lead you to an off-campus means of accessing JSTOR. 
  • It's also worth noting that not all institutions offer remote access. You might only have access to JSTOR from a campus location. 

If you're secretly a librarian:

  • And your institution says "More Info" but you really really want it to say "Login" and point back to your library please contact us. WE CAN FIX THIS. 

If none of this works, please talk to your librarian about access. Each institution is different. Your librarian is always the best, most direct way of finding what you need on JSTOR and everywhere else!