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 Psychology. 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.
Multi-disciplinary database of full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Full-text access to over 2000 journals covering the physical sciences, engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
Over 1,700 journals in the humanities and social sciences. Over 700 journals in science and technology.
Contains three linked databases indexing sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities scholarly articles.
Other useful databases:
Full-text access to science, technology, and medicine scholarly journals.