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What is Workspace?
When you register for a personal JSTOR account, you'll get access to your own personal Workspace. With your Workspace, you can:
- Save what you find on JSTOR, including articles, book chapters, images, and primary source materials to revisit anytime
- Organize your research with folders
- Add your own notes to items you've saved
- Export your research as reference lists or presentations
- Present your research in full screen mode
- Share folders with other members of your institution
Viewing your Workspace
There are a few different ways to go to your Workspace on JSTOR.
You must first have a registered JSTOR account and be logged into your account. If you're not logged in, you'll be prompted to register or log in.
- Select Workspace in the main navigation at the top of the page.
- Or hover over the Tools menu in the main navigation at the top of the page, and select Workspace in the drop-down menu.
- Or select the Workspace link in the notification pop-up that appears after after you save an item.
Saving items to your Workspace
When viewing an item
To save an item when viewing the item page:
- Click the Save button.
- If you don't have a personal JSTOR account or aren't logged in, you'll be prompted to register or log in.
- In the Save to... menu, you can select an existing folder you'd like the item saved to or create a new folder by clicking the Create Folder button.
- Your three most recently-modified folders will be displayed under Recent Folders.
- To view the subfolders within a folder, click the arrow button after the folder name.
- You can also search for a folder or subfolder in your Workspace using the search bar at the top of the menu.
- Click the Save button after the folder name to save the item to a folder. Or select Workspace and click the Save button at the bottom of the menu to save the item to your Workspace without placing it in a folder.
From your search results
When searching on JSTOR, you can save one or more items to your Workspace directly from the search results page.
To save a single item, click the Save button next to the item. For images, this is in the corner of the image thumbnail.
Or to save multiple items in bulk:
- Select the checkboxes next to the items you'd like to save.
- You can select images, text items, or a combination of both.
- You can save up to 250 items at a time.
- Once you've selected all your items, click the Save button at the top of the search results page.
- If you don't have a personal JSTOR account or aren't logged in, you'll be prompted to register or log in.
- In the Save to... menu, you can select an existing folder you'd like the items saved to or create a new folder by clicking the Create Folder button.
- Your three most recently-modified folders will be displayed under Recent Folders.
- To view the subfolders within a folder, click the arrow button after the folder name.
- You can also search for a folder or subfolder in your Workspace using the search bar at the top of the menu.
- Click the Save button after the folder name to save the items to a folder. Or select Workspace and click the Save button at the bottom of the menu to save the items to your Workspace without placing them in a folder.
You'll receive a confirmation message with a link to your Workspace, and any items you've saved will now display Saved on the Save button.