Alternative Sources for Journal Articles

In HSGswisscovery, use the search profile “swisscovery” and search for the journal title in all participating 500 Swiss libraries. If the journal is available in print form from us or from another participating library, you can order the requested article directly in HSGswisscovery as a copy or a scan. This is a fee based service.

Use academic search portals: In addition to Google Scholar, there are other search portals that can be used to find freely available versions of journal articles.

• Google Scholar
• CORE
• BASE

Note on Google Scholar: In addition to free literature, you can also use Google Scholar to display access to content licensed by us. To do so, the following two options are available:

1. In the Google Scholar settings, you will find a section Library links: Here you can preset the University of St. Gallen HSG as your home library.
2. As an alternative, you can install the LibKey browser extension. After installation, the University of St.Gallen must be selected as home organization.

Browser extensions show you on publisher pages whether there are also freely available versions of an article you are looking for. Recommended browser extensions are:

• CORE Discovery 
• Unpaywall 
• Open Access Button 

In general, authors of academic publications retain a right to “scholarly sharing”. They may share their content with interested persons upon request.
Contact the author directly and ask whether a copy of the article can be sent to you as part of scholarly sharing.