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#Information #Resources for #COVID19 #CORONAVIRUS

Published / by Latia Ward
image of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
The Centers for Disease Control is one of many websites that contain information on Coronavirus. Their website also has buttons and badges for public use such as the one above.

Covid-19 has affected the entire world. Note the following information resources for the United States Federal Government, educational institutions, independent researchers, the news media, and publishers.*

United States Federal Government

USA.gov has links to information resources on how various federal agencies are responding to Coronavirus at its Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19 webpage. These resources include a link to Coronavirus.gov and are categorized into groups relating to health and safety, money and taxes, travel, immigration, and transportation etc.

The Centers for Disease Control has a portion of its website dedicated to Coronavirus where information on symptoms, guidance, and a link to receive a COVID-19 email newsletter are available.

In a blog post entitled Coronavirus Pandemic: Reliable Government Information Resources, the U.S. Government Publishing Office includes links to information on the Coronavirus from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Medlineplus among others.

Educational Institutions

The Barco Law Library of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law published a blog post entitled Pandemic Information from the Government Publishing Office and the list of information includes guidance for Federal Depository Libraries.

The Strauss Health Sciences Library has information resources on the Coronavirus for researchers, practitioners and the general public in its COVID 19 Information LibGuide.

The George Washington University Hospital includes a link to a podcast in which Dr. Keith Mortman, Director of Thoracic Surgery at GW Hospital, discusses Coronavirus in its Health Alert webpage.

Johns Hopkins University has regularly updated maps of Coronavirus cases in the U.S. and world.

Independent Researchers

Graduate students have volunteered to operate a chat service regarding information resources for Coronavirus at the website Resource Librarian.

News Media

The Wall Street Journal has compiled a list of what restrictions state governors has put in place due to Coronavirus in the article entitled A Guide to State Coronavirus Lockdowns.

Journalists have partnered with libraries at the NewsGuard website. In the Coronavirus Misinformation Tracking Center, journalists have listed websites and people responsible for publishing inaccurate information on Coronavirus. NewsGuard also maintains a free browser extension for Google Chrome, Miscrosoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari web browsers that people may have access to NewsGuard’s information as they surf the Internet

Publishers

Gale, a Cengage Company, has temporarily made many of its resources open access for educators and students. These resources are for pre-Kindergarten through undergraduate education and include information on Coronavirus as well as how to manage online education.

CALI.org has prepared a webpage entitled Resources for Law Faculty on Remote Teaching Due To Coronavirus / Covid-19. Many of these resources may also be of use to other educators.

*Inclusion of a resource in this list, does not imply endorsement of the resource or the source of the resource. The list is for information purposes only.