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 the Study of Religion. 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.
Indexes over 1,700 journals on U.S. and Canadian history, from pre-history to the present. Includes abstracts in English of articles published in over 40 languages.
Key index to journal articles, essays in multi-author books, and book reviews in all fields of religion.
Full-text primary source documents by and about great historical figures in philosophy, theology, politics, and literature.
Key index to journals and books in philosophy and related fields. Contains research published since 1940.
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.
Indexes scholarship on world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Access to more than 12 million journal articles, books images, and primary sources in the arts and social sciences.
Access to more than 200 years of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.