OVERVIEW

EIFL has signed an agreement with JSTOR for discounted access to JSTOR’s collection of more than 93,000 high-quality backlist e-books from over 115 academic publishers from around the world, including university presses, public policy organizations, and independent presses.

This agreement allows institutions to use a portion of the fee contributed to keep in perpetuity the most used titles at the end of one year of unlimited access. This model is called Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA)

Each January, JSTOR will add more backlist titles to this e-book collection. The rolling copyright year is three years prior to the current year. For example, in January 2026, JSTOR will add 2023 titles for the publishers that are participating.  

SUBJECT COVERAGE

Covers a broad range of subjects including anthropology, art & art history, education, business, economics, film studies, health sciences, history, language & literature, law, music, philosophy, political science, religion and sociology.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The following countries are eligible: 

• Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia,  Lesotho, Lithuania, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

How does EBA model work: 

• At the end of the Access Term, which is from July 1 2026 to June 30 2027, JSTOR will select the most-used titles for acquisition using 75% of the library’s paid subscription fee, and the library will have perpetual access to those titles on the JSTOR platform with no ongoing costs.