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Databases

Global Issues - Gale in Context
Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder and Search to find international viewpoints, articles, statistics, multimedia and primary source material on global issues and current events. Courtesy of MBLC.
MACKsearch
Find books, ebooks, streaming videos, DVDs, articles, reports and more from a wide selection of McQuade's databases, the Library Catalog and beyond.
Coronavirus Research Database - ProQuest
"Authoritative content related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The new cross-disciplinary resource enables researchers to search and discover full-text articles, dissertations and other content from key publishers in one place" Courtesy of ProQuest with a guide to using.
Opposing Viewpoints - Gale in Context
Find information on hot social topics from opinion articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and websites.
Science - Gale in Context
Find full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized on science topics. Courtesy of MBLC.
MEDLINE - EBSCOhost
Find authoritative medical information on all aspects of medicine and health care from 5400 current biomedical journals. The EBSCO version links to full text available to Merrimack users. Created by the National Library of Medicine.
PubMed
Search MEDLINE and more with links to fulltext and related resources where available. Service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gale Ebooks, formerly GVRL Gale Virtual Reference Library
Find introductory articles in all disciplines, business plans, directories and more. Name and interface change on Sept. 13, 2019.
Ebook Central, formerly ebrary - ProQuest
Search and view online over 115,000 ebooks in all academic subject areas. Log in and sections or the whole book may be downloaded. EbookCentral/ebrary books are also found and linked in the online catalog.

Free Coronovirus Research Sites

Free Coronavirus Research Sites

These are free resources focusing on coronavirus-related research.

Google Scholar is indexing research from most of these sites as is PubMed Central and the World Health Organization.

LitCovid Hub - NIH
Curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
WHO Global Research on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
From the World Health Organization, including research and clinical trials
Statista Coronavirus Facts and Figures
Statistics compiled from reliable sources
COVID-19 data mapped by Policy Map
NIH Coronavirus Information
Links to information on different aspects of virus including Clinical Trials
BMJ's Coronavirus (covid-19) Hub
"Guidance Research from The BMJ Latest updates Most read Latest from BMJ Journals
BMJ's covid-19 hub supports health professionals and researchers with practical guidance, online CPD courses, as well as the latest news, comment, and research from BMJ. The content is free and updated daily."
Brill COVID-19 Collection
Ebooks from Brill publishing on the history of plagues and pandemics, strategies for containment, home schooling and distance learning.
C&ENews on Coronavirus
Chemical & Engineering News free articles on the coronovirus and its impact on chemical-related business.
Cambridge University Press - Coronavirus Free Access Collection
Articles and book chapters related to the coronavirus and its impact.
Cell Press Coronavirus Resource Hub
New research and commentaries.
ClinicalTrails.gov - COVID-19 and related trials
"Information on Clinical Trials and Human Research Studies ClinicalTrails.gov provides patients, their family members, and the public with easy and free access to information on clinical studies for a wide range of diseases and conditions."
DynaMed COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) summaries
F1000Research Gateways on Disease Outbreaks
This gateway aggregates all research outputs published on F1000Research related to global disease outbreaks.
JAMA Network Coronavirus Resource Center
Journal of the American Medical Association collection on diagnosis and treatment of the coronavirus, plus a Q&A.
Lancet COVID-19 Resource Center
"This resource brings together new 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) content from across The Lancet journals as it is published. All of our COVID-19 content is free to access."
Lippincott Nursing Center - 2019 Novel Coronavirus Nurse Resources
Blog posts, podcasts, journal articles, Lippincott solutions, and more.
medRxiv - COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints
"COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv"
Natures - Coronavirus
"Latest SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 research"
NEJM Coronavirus Collection
New England Journal of Medicine articles, clinical reports and commentary related to Covid-19, All of these materials are free.
Elsevier Novel Coronavirus Information Center
"Elsevier’s free health and medical research on the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19"
Oxford Resources on COVID-10.
Oxford University Press journal articles, book chapters and blogposts on COVID-19, other coronaviruses, and related topics.
Royal Society of Chemistry Coronavirus articles
Springer Nature's Coronavirus research
Latest research from SpringerNature on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Taylor & Francis COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content
Research articles, book chapters and information that can be freely accessed on Taylor & Francis Online and Taylor & Francis ebooks in support of the global efforts in diagnosis, treatment, prevention and further research into COVID-19.
Wiley Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access
"Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access"
Wolters-Kluwer COVID-19 Resources & Tools
Information for Clinicians in UpToDate®, clinical topics and society guidelines, patient education in different languages, nursing resources, journal articles, podcasts and more.
Additional pages from STM publishers
More resources can be found here from publishers such as IEEE, IOP and more.

Library Streaming Videos

Alexander Street Academic Video Online (AVOn)
Alexander Street's AVOn database of streaming videos include 62,000+ titles, spanning a wide range of subject areas, and includes more than 17,000+ titles exclusive to Alexander Street, including Counseling & Therapy collections. Recent additions from Film Platform include RBG, Maiden and Inconvenient Sequel.
Films on Demand
Search, browse and watch a collection of over 40,000 videos from California Newsreel, Ken Burns, PBS, Films for the Humanities and more. The Library's subscription expanded to all disciplines on February 1, 2021. Records are now in the catalog.
Kanopy Streaming
Merrimack currently has available a small collection of popular documentaries. To request a Kanopy video, you can look up the video at this site and submit a filled in request form, or contact Frances Nilsson or your liaison.

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Books

Nonfiction Pandemic Books

Fiction Pandemic Books

Public Health Resources

Selected Journals

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