There are many routes you can use to find scientific research articles (aka - scholarly articles, peer reviewed articles, journal articles or original research articles). This guide will give you options for several of those routes.

1. If you have a topic, but no specific articles in mind - start with the databases suggested on this page.

2. If you have the names of some specific sources, but don't have the full-text. Use 1Search to look for the title.

3. If you want to find specific kinds of sources, like review articles, look at the tips for finding review articles on this page.

Find books, online scholarly articles or newspaper articles that OSU subscribes to.  If you need to find specific items, such as books by a particular author, use the advanced search option for more precise searching. Access 1Search from the library's home page.

You do allow embedded content.

A simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

 Look for the button to open the full article.

Options for getting to the PDF will open in a new window. Sometimes the link will take you to the journal, not the individual article. Use the citation information for the article to get to the right year, volume and issue of the journal.

If the library doesn't have it, request the article for free from Interlibrary Loan. On average, articles arrive digitally within one business day.

Most databases allow you to narrow your search to certain kinds of articles - like review articles. Look for narrowing options (called facets) on the side of your search results page.

This example is from a Web of Science search. After searching for my keywords, I looked on the left-hand side of the page to refine my results by review articles. This lets me see articles that provide a broader summary of the research on my topic.