Ask Boley Law Library

If you are looking for a specific article, the best starting point is this guide on Articles for Legal and Nonlegal Research.

In general, the steps to find journal articles are:

1. Search the catalog for the article, both by article title and by the journal itself.
2. Search for open access versions of the article via Google Scholar.
3. Search specific databases that may not be fully linked with our catalog (see the list of databases in our guide on Articles for Legal and Nonlegal Research).
4. After running through these steps, request the article via interlibrary loan or reach out to a librarian.

For more information, see this video and the guide on Articles for Legal and Nonlegal Research.