Consult articles once you've created a research question or thesis and want to look at your topic in detail. If you are just starting out and don't have a good sense of your topic yet, check out "Finding Background Information" first. 

The databases on this page provide access to scholarly, popular, and news articles. Some databases will lead you directly to the full text of an article while others will help you find abstracts (summaries) for articles that you'll need to track down elsewhere.

If you have any trouble finding what you need, just ask a librarian! For a refresher, check out our guide.

To browse a specific journal, search for it by name in URI's Journal Search or browse for journals by subject on BrowZine!

Below are links to research databases where you will be able to find articles from scholarly and popular sources. For more information on searching databases, please visit our Finding Articles guide.

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)  
  • What's included? Citations to and full text of over 8,500 journals and magazines, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Covers a wide range of academic subjects including the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, technology, and more.
  • What dates are covered? Coverage varies, but generally covers the mid 1990s - present. Updated daily.
• CINAHL (EBSCOhost)  
  • What's included? Indexing and abstracts of journal articles and other materials in nursing and allied health.
  • What dates are covered? 1981-. Updated monthly.
• Human Kinetics Library (Bloomsbury)  
  • What’s included? Human Kinetics Library features ebooks and videos from Human Kinetics, an educational publisher for fitness, exercise, coaching, and sport.
• MEDLINE (EBSCOhost)  
  • What’s included? From the U.S. National Library of Medicine, provides citations to articles on biomedicine and life sciences topics including bioengineering, public health, clinical care, and plant and animal science, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, marine biology, and preclinical sciences.
  • What dates are covered? 1809 - Present.
• Sports Medicine & Education Index (ProQuest)   
  • What’s included? Citations and selected abstracting of journals, reports, conference proceedings, and trade and popular magazines in the field of physical education, physical fitness, health, and sports medicine. Updated monthly.
  • What dates are covered? 1970 - Present.
• PubMed (linked to URI holdings)  
  • What’s included? Provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations and additional life science journals. A service of the National Library of Medicine. Updated daily.
  • What dates are covered? 1947 - Present.
• Scopus (Elsevier)   
  • What’s included? Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature with tools to track, analyze, and visualize article and literature use. Includes journal articles, books, book series, conference papers, and more. Alternative to Web of Science. Indexes close to 35,000 titles.