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JSTOR’s AI research tool empowers you to deepen and expand your research with JSTOR’s trusted corpus. Developed in collaboration with our community, this tool leverages AI and other advanced technologies to help you elevate your research, teaching, and learning.
- For more information about our approach to the research tool, check out our AI research tool FAQs.
- For information on JSTOR's approach to AI, visit JSTOR and AI.
Accessing the AI research tool
To access the research tool, you must be logged into your personal JSTOR account and paired to a participating institution.
- First, log in or register for a free personal JSTOR account.
- A personal account is required to access the research tool.
- Next, ensure you're logged into JSTOR through your institution by checking the banner at the top of any page on JSTOR for your institution name.
- If you're not logged in through your institution, use the link in the banner to search for your institution and log in with your institutional credentials. See How to tell if you are logged in to JSTOR for more.
If the research tool has been enabled for your institution, the research tool will appear on the item page for eligible journal articles, book chapters, and research reports.
Evaluating and exploring content
Once you select an eligible text item from your search results, the research tool will start by showing you content related to the item based on semantic and usage patterns. From here, you can continue evaluating the item through the research tool window or from the text itself.
Using prompts
You can learn more about the text as a whole by choosing one of the prompts provided by the research tool or by supplying your own. Read more about these options in the following chart.
| Prompt | Description |
| What is this about? / Show abstract |
Suggests the text’s key points and arguments, which can help determine its relevance to your inquiry. If the publisher has provided an abstract for the text, you'll see the option to "Show abstract" here. |
| Show related content | Suggests items that contain similarities in text and usage patterns, which supports discovery and exploration. |
| How is this related to my search? | Identifies how this item is related to your search query. |
| Recommend topics |
Suggests key concepts that are relevant to the text, which can provide ideas for further exploration. Clicking any of the suggested topics will perform a JSTOR search in a new tab or window. |
| Ask a question |
Type your question in the chat box. The research tool will only answer questions based on the item itself, including its full text and metadata. See Asking Questions About a Text for more information and example questions. |
Tip: If you’re evaluating a book chapter, try the Show me answers from the whole book prompt to use all available chapters of the book on JSTOR as context.
Using the text
You can learn more about a specific phrase or passage in the text by highlighting it in the document viewer and choosing one of the following options:
- Find related content - Suggests the top 5 items on JSTOR related to the selected text (up to 1,000 characters), with the option to see more results.
- Search JSTOR - Start a new JSTOR search based on the selected text.
- Copy text - Copy the selected text to your clipboard.
- What is this selection about? - Suggests the key points of the selected text (1,000 - 6,000 characters).
Downloading your conversation history
You can download a transcript of your current conversation with the research tool as a PDF or HTML file by opening the overflow dropdown menu and selecting Download as PDF or Download as HTML.
For the best results, download your conversation before leaving the item page, since the tool only displays your current conversation for that item for up to 3 hours.
Citing the research tool and responses
In addition to citing content you find on JSTOR, you can also cite the research tool itself or a specific response from the tool in MLA, Chicago, or APA formats. A stable link to the item you're evaluating will be included in the citation.
- To cite the tool in general, open the overflow dropdown menu and select Cite research tool.
- To cite an individual response, use the Cite response button following the response. Your prompt will be included in the citation.
- If you copy a response or part of a response from the tool, a citation will automatically be included when you paste the text.
As with any citation, always review your references and make necessary corrections. Also note that citations for AI tools are still evolving, so follow your discipline or institution-specific guidelines.