Use Google Scholar to find research articles online.
Note:
Evaluate any articles you find to be sure they are scholarly
If you are being asked to pay for an article, search for free access through the library databases. (See the Library Databases tab)
Set up Google Scholar for full-text access
When you search for articles, you will now see a secondary column with additional links on the right. Where you see UC-eLinks, you may click that link and it will take you to the article through the library databases.
(Note: If you are not logged into the VPN (see home page of this guide), when you choose an article, you will be asked to log in with your UCSD username and password)