Suggested search strategies for finding the evidence on COVID-19
Check the following pages for suggested search terms and strategies:
Follow a Twitter thread announcing huge differences in search results on COVID 19 in search engines.
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Search Pubmed with LitCovid LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It provides a central access to relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access. |
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Search WHO The World Health Organization keeps a complete (downloadable) database of publications on coronavirus disease. Search WHO Publications Database |
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EPPI Centre "This list aims to help those looking for research on COVID-19, and users should assess for themselves the relevance and reliability of each source. " |
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US National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
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COVID-19 Evidence Reviews U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs COVID-19 Evidence Reviews catalog captures the work of evidence synthesis groups in the United States and around the world to maximize the collective contributions to patients, frontline clinicians, researchers, and policymakers during the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid duplicating efforts. This catalog is maintained by staff at the VA Evidence Synthesis Program based in Portland, OR. |
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Washington State Department of Health The scientific literature on COVID-19 is rapidly evolving and these articles were selected for review based on their relevance to decision-making around COVID-19 response efforts. Included in these Lit Reps are some manuscripts that have been made available online as pre-prints but have not yet undergone peer review. Please be aware of this when reviewing articles included in the Lit Reps. |
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Search the World's Open Access Research Papers CORE is a search engine that aggregates all open access research outputs from repositories and journals worldwide and makes them available to the public. |
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Finding the evidence: Coronavirus PHE Knowledge and Library Services (KLS) has produced this page to help those, working on the current coronavirus outbreak, to identify and access emerging evidence as it is published. This page is produced by Public Health England as a resource for professionals working in public health, librarians and information professionals. Most of the resources are freely accessible. If you need further assistance in accessing some of the resources, please contact your subject librarian. |
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CADTH COVID-19 Grey Literature Resources A curated list of evidence-based sources for health professionals, librarians, and researchers. CADTH’s Research Information Services team has compiled this COVID-19 grey literature resource list, which highlights freely accessible evidence-based sources of grey literature on this topic. Grey literature includes government information and reports that are not published commercially and that may be inaccessible via bibliographic databases. |
A living map of the evidence of studies on COVID-19
identified in MEDLINE and EMBASE, that groups the evidence into broad themes
Source:
Lorenc T., Khouja C., Raine G., Sutcliffe K., Wright K., Sowden A., & Thomas J. (2020). COVID-19: a living systematic map of the evidence. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.
