General information about searching for articles

There are several different databases and search services for searching articles.
A large number of articles are available online through paid databases.
The Laurea Library has acquired access to databases relevant to Laurea's degree programs, known as licensed databases or licensed resources. In this material and in the Laurea Libguides, licensed resources are marked with the Laurea logo
Fewer articles are available online from Finnish-language journals. The language of science is English and there is a wealth of article material available in English from international article databases.
Links to key article databases in a particular field can be found in the Journals & articles tab of the LibGuides for specific fields of study.

Search for domestic articles

Some domestic articles can be found on Finna.fi.
Journal.fi is an open service for the publication of Finnish scientific journals. Journal.fi scholarly journals can be searched via Laurea Finna and Finna.fi. You can also search directly on Journal.fi.
You can also search for national articles in the online archives of individual journals or publishers, or in special article reference databases.

Laurea Libguides

In the LibGuides for each field of education, you will find a tab called Journals & articles, which contains the main article databases for each field of education and links to journals specific to those fields.