Most scholarly literature, especially articles from peer-reviewed journals, require expensive subscriptions. The search engines and databases below are free to use, and all content is freely available for download.
If you are a Massachusetts resident, you can access additional scholarly databases with a Boston Public Library card. See the Public Library tab for more information.
The Goldfarb-Farber Library at Brandeis University is open to the public, including Brandeis alumni. Visitors can access most of our subscription databases (including scholarly, peer-reviewed journals) from computers in the Goldfarb InfoCommons.
Brandeis.edu accounts that many alumni use to log into email and other services, including access to online library resources, have been discontinued effective January 8, 2025. Starting June 2024, alumni can log into alumni-licensed online library resources using their My Brandeis Gateway account. If you do not already have a My Brandeis Gateway account, you may create one on My Brandeis Gateway. (Please note that it may take up to 3 days for your My Brandeis Gateway account to be activated.) See Logging into library e-resources for more information. Questions or problems with your My Brandeis Gateway account should be directed to mybrandeisgateway@brandeis.edu.
Some scholarly journals allow authors to post an "e-print" version of their paper to an open repository, which can then be downloaded and read for free by anyone. Sometimes the posted version is a "pre-print," which is a full manuscript that has not yet undergone peer review. A "post-print" is a full version of the manuscript which has undergone peer review in preparation for publication in a journal. Both pre-print and post-print versions may differ from the final published article.
The search engines below are free to search, but some of the articles require expensive subscription costs. Please keep in mind that you might have to pay in order to access some of this content.