JSTOR for community colleges
JSTOR partners with community colleges to expand access to knowledge through an affordable, comprehensive, and easy to administer model. Get complete access to thousands of journals and primary sources designed to support teaching, learning, and research across disciplines.
A more economical and simplified model
Like community colleges, JSTOR is committed to expanding and enhancing access to knowledge and education. To help, we developed a community college fee model that is:
- Easier with one comprehensive collection versus individually licensed collections
- All-inclusive, with access to all archival journals and primary sources available for license on JSTOR
- Economical with more than 60% of participating community colleges seeing a decrease in their current fees
- Flexible, with options for an annual subscription or a one-time payment for permanent access with no recurring fees
How Wyoming Community Colleges made JSTOR access permanent
Learn how seven campuses in Wyoming secured lifelong access to JSTOR’s full archival collections—with no recurring fees—through our one-time payment option.
What’s included
Comprehensive
Community colleges receive low-cost access to the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection—a single, all-in-one resource with:
- 2,800+ top scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences
- Complete journal runs from volume 1, issue 1 up to the moving wall
Rich primary sources
The collection also includes millions of primary sources—pamphlets, manuscripts, oral histories, government documents, images, 3D models, and more—from four major collections.
Affordable for all sizes
As a nonprofit, JSTOR provides fees scaled by Full-Time Enrollment (FTE):
- Small: Under 1,000
- Medium: 1,000–10,000
- Large: Over 10,000
Rapidly growing free and open content
We’ve also introduced new functionality and more diverse types of open content from publishers, libraries, archives, and museums, including open images on Artstor and open primary source collections.
Learn more about JSTOR for community colleges
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Take advantage of all JSTOR has to offer
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Stay organized with Workspace
Create, collect, and collaborate with Workspace—your secure hub for saving, organizing, and sharing research materials. Available with a free personal JSTOR account.
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Explore open and free content
JSTOR offers a growing set of freely accessible resources, including journals, books, primary sources, library-contributed collections, images, and research reports.
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Enhance your research with AI
Ask questions in natural language. Summarize texts, explore related materials and topics, and uncover new connections across millions of items. JSTOR’s AI research tool makes complex research more intuitive.
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Search images on JSTOR
View high-quality images from leading museums, libraries, and archives—all in one powerful visual research platform. Go beyond thumbnails with tools designed for visual analysis.
The latest from JSTOR
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Now Available on Artstor on JSTOR: The Arshile Gorky Foundation
Explore more than 100 images of Arshile Gorky’s work, contributed to Artstor on JSTOR by the Arshile Gorky Foundation. The collection honors the artist’s legacy and his lifelong engagement with art and art history.
Rowan University joins JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services as charter participant
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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: Seeklight Field Management workshop
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JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services: Seeklight Field Management workshop
A hands-on workshop for Tier 3 Stewardship admins: Enable and configure JSTOR Seeklight with the new Seeklight Field Management settings.
New Artstor on JSTOR Collection Launch: Asheville Art Museum
Explore more than 1,500 images of American art from the Asheville Art Museum, including works by Black Mountain College artists Ruth Asawa and Robert Rauschenberg, glass artist Mark Peiser, and contemporary artist Wendy Red Star.
What’s new in JSTOR Stewardship: October 2026
Explore the latest from JSTOR Stewardship in October 2026, including new participating institutions, distinctive collections now discoverable on JSTOR, and community perspectives on digital preservation, collaboration, and the future of collections stewardship.
Teach academic research with JSTOR: A flexible lesson plan
Help students move from a broad research topic to a focused, organized set of sources with this flexible JSTOR lesson plan. Designed for a 30–45-minute class or training session, it covers searching, evaluating materials, using Workspace, and citing sources. Adapt the activities and customizable slide deck to your students’ needs.
Introducing AI-assisted dynamic search on JSTOR
JSTOR’s AI-assisted dynamic search helps researchers explore early questions by surfacing related ideas, vocabulary, and potentially relevant sources. Learn how it complements keyword search, keeps researchers in control, and will be introduced at participating institutions this fall.
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Evening view of Laramie County Community College Ludden Library’s curved facade and illuminated interior. Photo courtesy of Stasis Design.