Here's a great tip that nobody mentioned. In the controller that the function is within, you need to include the location provider:
app.controller('SlideController', ['$scope', '$location',function($scope, $location){
$scope.goNext = function (hash) {
$location.path(hash);
}
;]);
<!--the code to call it from within the partial:---> <div ng-click='goNext("/page2")'>next page</div>