We're continuously releasing new features and functionality for the JSTOR platform based on your valuable feedback. Here are some of the most recent updates.
April 2024
- Administrators for institutions who use Alma (Ex Libris) can now set up automatic holdings for Books at JSTOR content, including Open Access titles. See JSTOR & ProQuest/Ex Libris Discovery Resources to learn more.
- In addition to saving what you find on JSTOR, you can now supplement content in your Workspace with your own uploaded images. Your uploaded content can be used with all of Workspace's tools including exports, presenting and comparing in full screen, and sharing with members of your institution. See Workspace: Uploading Items for more.
- Administrators can now view data on their institution’s user activity on the JSTOR platform beyond COUNTER metrics with a new Engagement Report. This report includes counts for items views and downloads, as well as logins, browsing, advanced searches, saves to Workspace, and full-screen presentation use.
March 2024
- When searching for images on JSTOR, you can now filter your search results by contributor and/or collection, including Artstor collections.
- You can now download individual images directly from your search results with a single click.
- When searching for images on JSTOR, you can now sort your results by Creator.
- Administrators can now request COUNTER usage reports for the Artstor platform via the JSTOR SUSHI endpoint with an optional "platform" parameter. See SUSHI reports: COUNTER 5 overview for more.
February 2024
- When searching for images on JSTOR, you can now filter your results by Image Resolution, as well as sort by Title and Resolution.
- To help you find items and folders you worked with recently, you can now sort by Last Modified in your Workspace. See Workspace: Viewing and Organizing your Research for more.
January 2024
- Administrators, your institution's Artstor usage reports are now available in JSTOR Admin. In addition to JSTOR, you now have the option to create or schedule COUNTER 5 usage reports for the Artstor platform previously available only through Artstor's reporting tools. We've also added two new custom COUNTER reports for usage of the Artstor open and licensed collections on JSTOR at the collection and item level.
- You can now download and save zoomed image detail views to your Workspace. From your Workspace, you can compare image detail views side by side, export them to reference lists or presentation slides, or download them for offline use.
- When viewing images and panoramas on JSTOR, the viewing window will now remain at the top of the screen when scrolling the item page.
- When downloading images on JSTOR, the item's title, creator, and date will now be included in the filename.
December 2023
- There's a new page layout for images on JSTOR. The new format is more consistent with other content types found on JSTOR, action buttons such as Save and Cite are more mobile-friendly, and metadata is now organized to the left of the image viewer.
- Primary sources on JSTOR now include panorama and video content with searchable transcripts for spoken word content. If your search results contain panorama or video items, you can filter your results in the Refine Results sidebar under Primary Source Content. Explore video and panorama on JSTOR.
October 2023
- Primary sources on JSTOR now include audio content with searchable transcripts for spoken word content. If your search results contain audio items, you can filter your results for audio in the Refine Results sidebar under Primary Source Content. Explore The Chapel Collection from Tuskegee University to try out the audio experience on JSTOR.
September 2023
- When saving or moving an item in your Workspace, you can save a click by using the Save/Move button next to a folder. In addition, if a folder contains image items, you'll see a thumbnail image next to the folder name for quicker identification.
August 2023
- When saving or moving an item in your Workspace, you can now search for a folder or see your three most recently-modified folders within the Save/Move menu. In addition, folder names will now be announced to screen readers when selected.
- In compare mode, you can now save items to your Workspace.
- In present mode, you can now tab through items in a folder using the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard.
- In addition to Google, institutions can now choose Microsoft Azure as their single sign-on (SSO) provider for institutional access and personal JSTOR account creation. Admins can set up Microsoft SSO authentication on JSTOR by adding their school’s domain(s) under "Access Methods" in JSTOR Admin.
June 2023
- You can now search for items you've saved to your JSTOR Workspace. For now, you can search names of folders and subfolders, as well as Title(s) and Creator(s) of individual items in your Workspace.
May 2023
- Based on feedback from our contributors, Custom Fields now display above and before the License/Rights/Rights Notes, Resource Type, File Name, and SSID fields for images and primary source items on JSTOR. This ensures that users see descriptive metadata fields before administrative fields.
April 2023
- Based on feedback from our contributors, "Item Date" is now "Date" in the metadata displayed for images and primary sources on JSTOR.
March 2023
- When viewing a journal article, you can now see what other articles, book chapters, or research reports on JSTOR cite that article under "Cited by".
- You can now save a copy of a shared folder to your Workspace, then make changes to your copied folder such as renaming it, saving additional items to it, or sharing it with others at your institution.
January 2023
- In addition to terms from from Getty's Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) and Art & Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT), when searching on JSTOR, searches for variants of location names from Getty's Thesaurus of Geographic Names® (TGN) will now return relevant results that have been cataloged with the preferred term and vice versa. This includes keyword searches, searches using fields, and when performing an Advanced Search.
- View at-a-glance usage information for your institution including Licensed titles, Open Access titles, and Access-denied title frequency on the JSTOR Admin homepage.
- Administrators can now view usage reporting for your institution's Community Collections for a specific date range by selecting a start and end date for the report.
December 2022
- Save multiple images, text items, or a combination of both to your Workspace directly from your search results or collection pages. Your selections will be saved as you scroll or page through results.
November 2022
- Administrators can now view usage reporting for your institution's Community Collections for the entire period data is available by selecting "All Time" for the report date range.
- When searching on JSTOR, searches for variants of creator names and subject names from Getty's Union List of Artist Names® (ULAN) and Art & Architecture Thesaurus® (AAT) will now return relevant results that have been cataloged with the preferred term and vice versa.
October 2022
- Cite images, text items, or a combination of both directly from your search results. Your selections will be saved even if you go to the next page of results.
September 2022
- View the search filters you currently have applied at a glance at the top of your search results page, and clear them as needed to refine your search results.
- Find the subject, classification, or region you're looking for when refining your search results by searching within facets.
August 2022
- Discover more content with related item recommendations. When viewing an item, you'll see content frequently viewed with that item on the item page.
- Move or delete items and folders in bulk in your Workspace.
- Refine your search results within a collection, subcollection, or container with facets and filters.
- View and manage users for your institution, invite users to create a JSTOR account with automatic remote access through your institution, renew or expire remote access for users, and set up new administrators.
- Access more detailed Holdings information including summary statistics, additional content types such as Images, Institutional Collections, and Free/Open content on JSTOR, and learn about additional content you can subscribe to.
- Review your institution's Books on JSTOR summary statistics and purchases, download reports of purchased and non-purchased titles available through your DDA/EBA profile, and see Open Access Books.
- View usage statistics of licensed and open Artstor collections across both JSTOR and Artstor with a cross-platform report.
July 2022
- Refine your image search results by region, country, or a combination of both.
- Export multiple images and metadata to a compressed ZIP file for use offline.
- Compare images while presenting in a full-screen slideshow format directly from your Workspace, with IIIF viewer functionality and image detail display capabilities.
June 2022
- Improved presentation of metadata on image pages, with more relevant metadata now appearing higher on the item page.
April 2022
- Copy any of your Artstor image groups into your JSTOR Workspace to take advantage of enhanced features such as folders, notes, export functions, and more.
- Save, download, cite, sort, and view image metadata while browsing within a collection.
March 2022
- View image metadata and traverse folder structure when selecting images to compare in your Workspace.
- Duplicate existing Workspace folders to reuse, update, or reformat curated content.
February 2022
- Present image collections in a full-screen slideshow format directly from your Workspace, with IIIF-viewer functionality and image detail display capabilities.
- Share the content you curate in your Workspace with other users in your institution for reference, teaching, and more.
- Compare images within your search results, as well as compare search results with items already in your Workspace, and display or hide image details when doing so.
- View institutional access credentials in a new section of JSTOR Admin called Access Methods (administrators only).
January 2022
- Easily browse by classification or geography from the image search page.
- Focus on searching just images throughout your entire session by selecting the Images tab, or see all the search results by switching to the All Content tab.