Articles in scientific journals are a central method of publishing information about the latest research results.
Research articles (also called papers) can be searched from databases, which are specialised in collecting references about reliable scientific publications.
A reference database can be multidisciplinary or focused on a certain field of science.
Article databases
Check the databases in your field of study:
Get direct links to the databases:
Searching articles with UEF Primo
- Log in to UEF Primo to get a wider search result
- Select 'International articles' as a target of your keywords or search terms
- Articles are also included in 'All e-resources' and 'Everything'
- Refine the results by 'Availability online' if you want to see just the articles with full texts.
The search features in UEF Primo are somewhat limited in comparison with actual article reference databases. However, the range of resources searched is very broad.
UEF Primo can be used for searching articles, too.
Usage rights
Many articles are published in journals, which do not have open access. Similarly, many article databases themselves are subscription-based. By logging into UEF Primo with your UEF credentials, you can access these materials from anywhere. Logging in is not necessary when on the campus network.
Databases, including UEF Primo, also contain information about materials to which UEF has not purchased access rights. You can try searching for such articles by their title on the internet. If the article is not found, you can order it through the interlibrary loan service.
You can print or save individual articles for your personal use.
Scientific articles with Google
Google Scholar search engine is intended for searching for scientific publications. Despite the name, Scholar also covers non-scientific and predatory publications, so it will be useful to check the level of the journal for instance from Publication Forum.
Research in Finland
Research articles, reports and other publications by Finnish universities and organisations can be searched from Research.fi service.
Research.fi contains information about publications from 2011 onwards.
UEF eRepository is a (self-) archive of publications by UEF staff.
