If you are searching Google Scholar off-campus, set your preferences in Google Scholar Settings to link to the Saint Mary's online collections.
For information on journal quality and what to look out for when searching for journal articles on the web (e.g., in Google Scholar), see the Library's Open Access guide page on Predatory Publishers.
You can also look up a journal in the following source as one way to check for quality and credibility:
Identifies journals which use deceptive practices and threaten the quality of scholarly publication.
The following databases are suggested starting points for research in Forensic Sciences. To access a database off-campus, use your SMU email and password to login. View a full list of the library's databases on the A-Z Databases webpage.
Full-text access to over 75 scholarly journals in the field of chemical sciences.
Full-text access to over 2000 journals covering the physical sciences, engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Full-text access to science, technology, and medicine scholarly journals.
Contains three linked databases indexing sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities scholarly articles.
Full-text articles in highly rated academic journals (over 1,600) in disciplines of science, social science, and business.
Other useful databases:
Multi-disciplinary database of full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Key index to scholarship in psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Over 36 million citations for health-related scholarly literature from the US National Library of Medicine.
Key index for scholarship in sociology and related disciplines. Links to full-text in other databases.