"JSTOR Tests Free, Read-Only Access to Some Articles" & Review List of the 70 Journals Available at Launch

From a Wired Campus (COHE) Article by Jennifer Howard:

It’s about to get a little easier—emphasis on “a little”—for users without subscriptions to tap JSTOR’s enormous digital archive of journal articles. In the coming weeks, JSTOR will make available the beta version of a new program, Register & Read, which will give researchers read-only access to some journal articles, no payment required. All users have to do is to sign up for a free “MyJSTOR” account, which will create a virtual shelf on which to store the desired articles.
But there are limits. Users won’t be able to download the articles; they will be able to access only three at a time, and there will be a minimum viewing time frame of 14 days per article, which means that a user can’t consume lots of content in a short period. Depending on the journal and the publisher, users may have an option to pay for and download an article if they choose.

Read the Complete Wired Campus Article
Learn More:

• Register (Free) for a MyJSTOR Account

• List of the 70 Journals From 30 Publishers Participating in the Program at Launch (.XLS)
  JSTOR more titles will be added in the future.

• Download a Register & Read Handout

• Watch a video about Register & Read

See Also: 500,000+ Articles (6% of JSTOR Holdings) Now Free to Anyone in World
The Early Journal Content program went live during September, 2011.
See Also: JSTOR: Early Journal Content Metadata+OCR Data Bundle Now Available (November 2011)

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