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 Philosophy. 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.
Key index to journals and books in philosophy and related fields. Contains research published since 1940.
A comprehensive philosophy index of over 2,810,742 entries. Also hosts the largest open access archive in philosophy.
Access to more than 12 million journal articles, books images, and primary sources in the arts and social sciences.
Full-text access to over 800 scholarly journal titles 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 primary source documents by and about great historical figures in philosophy, theology, politics, and literature.
Full-text access to over 500 peer-reviewed Oxford University Press journals in a range of subjects.
Access to more than 200 years of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Over 1,700 journals in the humanities and social sciences. Over 700 journals in science and technology.