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 Irish Studies. As this is an interdisciplinary program, additional databases may be appropriate for some topics. 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.
Contains over 11,000 biographical articles of notable Irish men and women.
A fully-searchable resource which contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902-2019.
Access to more than 12 million journal articles, books images, and primary sources in the arts and social sciences.
Indexes scholarship on world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
More than 350,000 literary works and a large library of key criticism and reference resources.
Key index to international scholarship in public affairs, public and social policies, international relations, and world politics. Coverage from 1972 to the present.
Access to more than 200 years of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Other useful databases:
Multi-disciplinary database of full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Full-text access to over 800 scholarly journal titles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Key index to international scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage from the early 20th century to the present. Links to full-text in JSTOR and Project MUSE.
Over 1,700 journals in the humanities and social sciences. Over 700 journals in science and technology.