Shibboleth Authentication and JSTOR

Shibboleth is open source software that provides institutions with Single SignOn, a system of authentication procedures, protocols, and technologies that enable end users to access multiple online resources with one set of credentials. The Shibboleth system allows organizations to exchange information about users in a secure and privacy-preserving manner. More detailed information about Shibboleth can be found on the Shibboleth website.

JSTOR partners with Shibboleth-enabled institutions to allow users to access JSTOR by signing in through their institution from the JSTOR website. However, in order for an institution or organization to access JSTOR through Shibboleth, JSTOR and the organization must be a member of the same federation. A list of federations can be found on the Shibboleth Federations website.

If you would like to enable access to JSTOR through your institutional log in, please send a message to JSTOR Support including the following information:

• Which federation (or federations) your institutions is a member of
• Your institution's Shibboleth Identity Provider ID
• The list of campuses (if more than one) the Identity Provider serves

Once this information is in our records, your Attribute Authority can authorize users into JSTOR by asserting the eduperson entitlement attribute with a value of urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms.

Last updated on February 26, 2007