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AIP Publishing A collection of research articles relevant to infectious diseases, epidemics, computational epidemiology, and pandemics, available through March 31, 2021.
American Mathematical Society - Mobile Pairing Special remote access link for you to pass on to your patrons. This link is unique to your institution and should be shared only with your patrons. When patrons visit this page, they will see a short message about our Remote Access service, and a link to initiate 90 days of access on their device. Access may be set up via any web browsing device with JavaScript, cookies, and local storage enabled. If a patron uses multiple browsers or devices, the link must be visited using each individual browser or device.
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Stay up to date on the rapidly changing COVID-19 pandemic. Get the facts from a coronavirus expert, download tips to stay healthy and reduce transmission and learn what ASM is doing to help.
Annual Reviews Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society.
Antibodies-Online: SARS-CoV-2 Handbook In order to overcome the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it is essential to understand the underlying biology of SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent, as well as that of the host's response. We have compiled our COVID-19 related resources in one comprehensive handbook, along with a selection of our most requested related products. Overview of SARS-CoV-2 lineages of concern and lineages of interest, the impact of their characterizing mutations and implications for neutralizing antibodies. Overview of the most important SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies, Kits, Proteins Many relevant pathways, Cytokine Storm, ACE2 Inhibition, SARS-CoV-2 Protein Interactome and more 49 pages Handbook, free download
ASTM Standards for COVID Supply Chain ASTM has made over 20 of their standards OA that relate to medical masks, gowns, gloves, hand sanitizers, and other PPE and medical equipment.
BioOne In collaboration with the Association of Research Libraries, BioOne has made articles related to coronavirus in selected journals available via open access through 2020.
CABI Global Health Free access for 3 months using voucher code. Click green button, Register, then use Redeem a Voucher with code CV4Y85D5JG9
Chronicle of Higher Education - create a free online account using your @umd.edu email UMD's site license to The Chronicle provides unlimited access for everyone whether they are on campus or working remotely. Off-campus users will need an account to log in to Chronicle.com. If they already have an account, they can click “Log In,” at the top right-hand corner of our homepage. Users need to create a free account using their institutional email address (e.g., youremail@UMD.edu). CHE's registration system will recognize UMD's domain, and that will provide unlimited access. Complete the online form for access using your @umd.edu email: https://www.chronicle.com/account/create?cid=CSCHE23MAR2020SLACTIVATIONE1&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1Wa1lXUmlaR05qTW1KaCIsInQiOiI5TnVTeGJjWlR0OEpqSVBhSHF3akVETEE4WXFMbVJ4VkJMS2RwQTI3NUlhWFBKWDZRa1BPSUhmc0toRk1KOU9jQllrMkhHZE9iamNLc3M4TGRcL2ZQUmJ3RURrXC9tWTRhZmYxM2g1WjByNGlDekU1d1RTVUpXWTM1OGtyenYzeVFoIn0%3D
Clarivate - COVID-19 related publications Discover the research published on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Web of Science
CORE -- Aggregating the world's open access research papers "CORE’s mission is to aggregate all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and make them available to the public. In this way CORE facilitates free unrestricted access to research for all."
Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance Read for Free on Project MUSE (Johns Hopkins University Press) As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help address a public health crisis of unprecedented scope. Innovators worldwide are racing to develop and implement novel public-facing technology solutions, including digital contact tracing technology. These technological products may aid public health surveillance and containment strategies for this pandemic and become part of the larger toolbox for future infectious outbreak prevention and control.
Duke University Press Listed books are free to read online until June 1, 2020, and journal articles are free until October 1.
EBSCO News feeds and resources from trusted bodies of authority and the index is in its infancy. Your contributions are needed. This portal will continue to evolve over the days and weeks to come, along with our emerging needs as a professional community. The goal: to provide relevant and reliable information when, where, and how people need it.
Elsevier Portal for access to peer reviewed articles on COVID-19
Emerald Publishing Emerald has brought together a number of research resources related to the coronavirus group of viruses, and epidemics more broadly. Select the "On this Page" drop-down menu to choose from briefings, articles and book chapters.
Gale Online toolkit for librarians and educators to find and optimize their existing resources, access additional resources supporting health research and content for teaching, professional development resources to help transition to virtual learning.
IEEE Xplore Articles and standards from the IEEE Xplore digital library that may help researchers understand and manage different aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are now free to access.
Internet Archive (National Emergency Library) Update: The temporary National Emergency Library is closing June 16th. - Announcing the National Emergency Library, a collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed.
IOP Science Remote access to IOP Publishing content. Follow the instructions on the IOP website.
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JSTOR Public Health Journals Link to journals made freely available.
LexisNexis Interactive charts provide insight into the way coronavirus is developing across the global media landscape in near real time.
Navigating the Threat of Pandemic Syllabus (Duke University Press) All journal articles and issues in this syllabus are freely available online until October 1, 2020.
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) A collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.
OECD Access to information about COVID-19, including key impacts, country profiles, data, videos, policy responses, resources, and real-time data.
Paris Art Museums A collection of 14 museums in Paris have recently made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artworks freely available to the public on their collections website. Artists with works in the archive include Rembrandt, Monet, Picasso, Cézanne, and thousands of others.
Pew Research Center - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pew Research Center’s latest survey research and analysis related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Philharmonie Berlin Redeem the voucher code BERLINPHIL by 31 March and receive free access to all concerts and films in the Digital Concert Hall.
PolicyMap - COVID-19 Quick Maps Public edition (BETA) COVID-19 Quick Maps with data ranging from trends in county level cases and deaths to neighborhood level estimates of underlying health condition. The tool is built on the beta version of a new platform which, among other things, allows for the layering of up to five indicators to identify those places most in need.
PolicyMap - Curricular Resources Curriculum resources of other instructors using PolicyMap in their instruction.
Project Muse "In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform."
Proquest - Coronavirus Research Database ProQuest built this database in response to the rapidly growing need for authoritative content related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We’re working together with institutions all over the world to offer support as they navigate through the coronavirus pandemic, and this launch of the Coronavirus Research Database is the latest in a series of programs to help librarians, faculty and students.
ProQuest - EBook Central ProQuest Ebook Central customers impacted by COVID-19 will get unlimited access to all owned titles from these publishers through mid-June. All licenses – including single-user and three-user models – will automatically convert to unlimited access during that period. The unlimited access also applies to additional titles purchased through mid-June.
Public Books Database With university classrooms and libraries shuttered because of the COVID-19 crisis, scholars are facing disruptions not only in their teaching lives but also in their ability to access research materials. In response, many academic presses have made hundreds of their titles freely accessible online. The Public Books Database aims to catalog such resources in a single location and to highlight titles of particular interest. We’ll be updating the list regularly as additional materials are made available.
Royal Society Publishing The Royal Society has signed a Wellcome statement on the subject of research findings and data relevant to the coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak. We are one of several signatories to this statement and our collective aim is to ensure that the relevant research and data are shared rapidly and openly in order to inform the worldwide public health response and to help save lives. This special collection comprises some papers likely to be relevant to the outbreak.
Sage Research related to coronavirus is freely available on SAGE Journals. A full list of the open articles includes research both in science, technology, and medicine and in the social and behavioral sciences. SAGE will continue to make new research available related to the virus as it is published.
Springer Nature Articles are free to access with links to pre-prints for sharing
United Nations iLibrary UN iLibrary offers the latest reports and policy briefs on COVID-19, bringing together analysis from across the UN system which provides concrete ideas for how to address the consequences and even seize opportunities in the midst of the crisis.
University of Michigan Press ebooks Ebooks made freely available by University of Michigan Press to help with teaching and learning.
Video Project Most titles available on Kanopy. Universities that have purchased a DVD w/ PPR can get temporary streaming link upon request to support@videoproject.com; 25% off new DSL orders with code VIDEONEWS or DSLOFFER20
Wiley Portal for access to peer reviewed articles on COVID-19.
World Scientific World Scientific upgraded University of Maryland, College Park’s journal access to one that includes ALL World Scientific journal content published from 2001. This takes effect from now, until June 30, 2020. It has already been made available through the IP range we have and you can direct library patrons to read the articles at: https://www.worldscientific.com/page/wsjournals In addition, ProQuest Ebook Central and EBSCOHost customers will get automatic upgrades to unlimited concurrent access (from single user or 3U) on your World Scientific e-books through mid-June.