Inspec vs JSTOR
Inspec
theiet.org
JSTOR
jstor.orgSide by side
| Figure | Inspec | JSTOR |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $16.58/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 7 |
| Spec score · Academic Research Databases | 7.2 (#25) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Audience | Inspec Direct is designed for research discovery in the corporate, government, and academic sectors. | JSTOR describes its platform as serving research, teaching, and learning, with solutions for librarians, educators, students, and researchers. |
| Founded | 1967 | LinkedIn lists JSTOR’s founding year as 1995. |
| Purpose | Inspec is an online academic database with expert indexing for subject-specific and interdisciplinary research in engineering, physics and computer science. | JSTOR is an interactive research and learning platform with primary and secondary sources across more than 70 disciplines. |
| Support | The IET provides Inspec guides, platform user guides, and an Inspec Analytics user guide. | JSTOR Support accepts requests by email form, phone, and text, and says form responses typically arrive within one to two business days. |
Plans
Inspec
- Inspec Analytics PlusPriced on request
- Inspec ArchivePriced on request
- Inspec subscriptionPriced on request
JSTOR
- Read onlyFree
- Read onlyFree
- JPASS Monthly$19.50 a month
- JPASS Monthly$19.50 a month
- JPASS Annual$199 a year
- JPASS Yearly$199 a year
- Institutional accessPriced on request
In their own words
JSTOR
JSTOR is a research and learning platform with scholarly and primary-source material across more than 70 disciplines. Its collection contains more than 12 million academic journal articles, millions of primary sources, ebooks, and Artstor images and multimedia. Advanced search and discovery tools help locate content. Workspace lets users save, annotate, organize, upload and share research in folders, then export it as PDFs, PowerPoints or ZIP files. A free personal account can read up to 10 eligible articles online every 30 days, though publisher policies exclude some articles. Users may connect a personal account to a subscribing institution for remote access. JPASS Monthly costs $19.50 per month and includes unlimited reading from 2,400+ academic journals and 10 PDF downloads per month. JPASS Yearly costs $199.00 per year and includes 120 PDF downloads per year. JSTOR supports mobile browsers, keyboard navigation and screen readers, and accepts requests for accessible versions of content. Its audience includes students, educators, librarians and researchers.