The library invites you to explore JSTOR's new interactive research tool in beta. Developed in collaboration with the JSTOR community, this tool employs AI and other technologies to empower students, faculty, researchers, and librarians to deepen and expand their research and unearth new avenues for discovery with JSTOR’s trusted corpus.
The beta runs through spring 2025. Using the tool is optional.
Once users have selected a subscribed journal article, Open Access book chapter, or research report, they can use the tool to assess content relevance through summaries, ask questions about the item using conversational language, and readily find related or similar works.
Access: To explore the tool yourself:
Access JSTOR from the Library Databases J list.
Log in to your personal JSTOR account (upper right corner) and make sure you also have access to your institution.
Run a search and open any subscribed journal article, OA book chapter, or research report to start using the tool. Try it out with this example.
Share feedback using the thumbs-up or thumbs-down rating. For thumbs-down ratings, you may provide additional details to help improve the tool.
Getting started resources: To support you in making the most of this tool, JSTOR has prepared the following:
Introduction and FAQ: An overview of the tool’s capabilities and common questions.
Video tutorial: A quick guide on how to get started and use the tool.
Legal Notices: Please keep the following in mind as you explore AI on JSTOR.
By using JSTOR’s interactive research tool, you consent to JSTOR collecting any data that you choose to share with the tool. JSTOR retains your conversation history in our logs and uses it in de-identified form, in accordance with our privacy policy, to maintain and improve the tool. We won’t ask you for any personal information, and request that you not share any in your conversations.
Any data sent to large language models (LLM) providers (which includes your prompt and some or all of the text of the content being viewed) is used only for generating the response. They do not use this to further train their models, nor do they retain the data for more than 30 days, in accordance with OpenAI’s API data usage policies and Amazon Bedrock policy.
This AI tool is currently in a beta state, therefore its features are subject to change without notice as we develop it. Current user experience may vary and may not be reflective of the tool’s future capabilities. Users should not rely on its outputs without conducting independent research. The tool should not be used to seek professional advice, including but not limited to legal, financial, and medical advice.