Searching for Primary Research Articles
Searching
Use relevant keywords and limit your results to peer reviewed articles to focus on primary research.
Once you have a list of potential articles, look at the methods and results to confirm they are primary research articles reporting on original research.
Science Database Links to an external site.
The Science Database is focused on scientific research. You can further focus your search by limiting your results using the left-sidebar.
- Limit to Peer reviewed
- Limit to Source type: Scholarly Journals
- Limit by Publication date
Watch this short (3:05) video for an overview of searching and focusing your results in the science database.
OneSearch Links to an external site.
OneSearch searches across library collections. It will include scientific research articles as well as books, videos, and research articles from other disciplines such as health, economics, and sociology. You can focus your search by refining your results using the left-sidebar.
- Refine by Date
- Refine by Format
- Refine by Subject
Watch this brief (2:55) video for an overview of how to search and refine your results in OneSearch.