How Do I Find an Article?

Are you looking for a specific article in a journal?

Our Catalogue

Our catalogue only allows you to search for printed journals in which an article has appeared.

You may, however, enter your reference in the MPG Citation Linker, and you will receive information as to whether electronic access is available or in which Institute the journal is available in which the article was published.

Are you looking for a specific article in a collected edition (conference publication, etc.) or in a commemorative book (Festschrift)?
Articles in collected editions and commemorative books may be searched for by selecting the search field “Contents”. In the meantime, approx. 26,000 tables of contents have been scanned for searches and are available. Included, amongst others, are all commemorative books and collected editions available at the library.

Link: Our Catalogue

Online Contents Law

The OLC Law database is a subject-related excerpt of the Swets database Online Contents. Since 2006, expansion of OLC Law has been supported by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) in the context of the special site Virtual Special Library Law. The contents of OLC SSG Law are administered by the special collecting department jurisprudence of the Berlin State Library – Prussian Cultural Heritage. From the Latin-American area of law, 88 journals are obtained from the Online Contents – SSG Latin America.

Currently more than 800 journals are being evaluated. You can find an overview of the evaluated journals here. This database, which is updated weekly, currently contains approx 1.2 million articles and reviews on national and international law and is available within the Institute’s IP address area. Via Citation Linker (SFX), one has direct access to the full text of articles from the database, as long as the journal is licensed for the Institute.

Link: Online Contents Law

Online Contents Economic Sciences

The database OLC-SSG Economics is a subject-related excerpt of the Swets database Online Contents which is continually expanded with selected journals from the online database ZBW – the German Central Library for Economics, the Leibniz Information Centre and the university library of the Helmut Schmidt University, Armed Forces University of Hamburg.

The database contains the tables of contents of 2,400 journals in the special collection areas of national economics, business administration and business sectors, and currently lists approx. 2.7 million articles and reviews
You will find an overview of evaluated journals here.

The database is available from within the Institute’s IP address area. Via Citation Linker (SFX), one has direct access to the full text of articles from the database, as long as the journal has been licensed by the Institue.

Link: Online Contents Economic Sciences

Additional Search Possibilities

The following databases offer primarily publisher-based access to articles or, as in the case of Juris, list a source:

• Beck-online
• Business Source Premier
• Elsevier ScienceDirect
• HeinOnline
• Jurion
• Juris
• Kluwer Online
• LEGIOS
• LexisNexis
• Making of Modern Law
• Source OECD
• Springer Link
• Westlaw International
• WISO Economics

Detailed information on the contents of the listed databases and an abundance of other databases, as well as access possibilities, can be found on the database sites DBIS and MPG.ReNa.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is Google’s search engine for academic publications. The emphasis is on professional journals, however, full texts subject to a charge can also be found.
You will find additional information regarding Google Scholar here.

Link: Google Scholar