Adapted from Redden, M., & Newman, J. (2024, May 16). Exploring marginalized voices: Information literacy beyond the peer review paradigm [Presentation]. WILU 2024, Richmond, BC.

While you are a student at MRU, you never need to pay to access an article.

Sometimes you will come across articles in Google that will not allow you to access the full text - if that happens, here are your options:

- Copy the title of the article and paste it into LibrarySearch. If the article is covered by our subscriptions, a link will be provided to the full text.

- If we don't have the article in our collection, you can request a copy of the article for free using our Interlibrary Loan service.

If you are using Google Scholar at home, you will have to adjust the settings to see which articles are available full text through MRU library.

Articles that we paid for access to will be flagged in your search results

What do I do after I leave MRU?

You can search for OA (open access) versions of articles in Google Scholar by clicking on the "versions" link below the title. They may be a version in a repository or website that is available for free. 

You can find OA articles in LibrarySearch by selecting the "open access" filter and looking for the OA icon.  

Did you know? Calgary Public Library has article databases as well and could be a good (free!) source for accessing research articles after you leave MRU