Information Resources on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Update (2.28.2020): We’ve migrated the below information to the Information Resources on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) toolkit. This toolkit will be updated as additional resources and information is published.

The IHS Library recommends consulting the following resources for factual, up-to-date information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Health Agency Information:

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention): Contains information about what you should know about the Coronavirus, situation updates, including a list of locations of confirmed cases, and information resources for travelers and healthcare professionals.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak (World Health Organization): Contains rolling updates about the disease outbreak, as well as important myth-busters to stop the spread of false information. You may also wish to take the WHO e-learning module, Emerging respiratory viruses, including COVID-19: methods for detection, prevention, response and control.

Research Resources:

2019-nCoV (PubMed): A preformulated search will bring up the latest research from the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Database.

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (JAMA): JAMA Network’s updates on coronavirus diagnosis and treatment, along with recent articles.

Novel Coronavirus Information Center (Elsevier): Elsevier is providing free health and medical research on COVID-19, which includes access to the Coronavirus Research Repository.

Information for Patients:

Coronavirus Infections (MedlinePlus): MedlinePlus is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which provides quality, plain-language information for patients.

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