Keywords for researching the novel coronavirus
The disease has been referred to by several names, so it's worthwhile to try several different keyword searches to find everything on the subject:
- Novel coronavirus
- COVID-19
- Wuhan coronavirus
- SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the Novel Coronavirus disease)
- 2019-N-COV (scientific abbreviation for 2019 Novel Coronavirus)
If you're searching for scholarly articles, the terms COVID-19, 2019-N-COV, and SARS-CoV-2 will be most useful. If you're searching for news sources novel coronavirus and COVID-19 will likely be most useful.
Scientific literature and developing research
News stories that are currently unfolding present some challenges to academic researchers. Because the story is emerging, the main sources of information are going to be news stories and, in this case, documents released by public health organizations and governments. While there are some scholarly articles published recently on COVID-19, you will not likely find books on this topic given the long publication timeline.
Guidance for Novel Coronavirus research
- Look for magazines, books, and peer-reviewed articles about other disease outbreaks and compare what we currently know about the COVID-19 with those.
- Look up scientific articles about coronaviruses, or about how the Chinese government handles public health information, for instance.
Use Google Scholar to find current COVID-19 scholarly articles
Google Scholar is the most likely source for finding the latest scholarly research on the Novel Coronavirus. Currently, COVID-19 and 2019-N-COV are the best keywords to use to find scholarly articles on the novel coronavirus.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowUse Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. While Google Scholar itself is free on the web, many of the citations it references are not. Accessing Google Scholar via the proxied link will enable Get It! and Web of Science Links from within Google Scholar citations. Learn more about proxying Google Scholar Having trouble accessing Google Scholar from off-campus? Use this research guide to access Google Scholar.
Scientific resources
Several scientific publishers and journals have put together collections of articles that are related to the coronavirus:
- The Lancet's COVID-19 Resource CentreScholarly articles, news, and data about COVID-19 from one of the top medical journals provided free-of-charge to assist researchers.
- New England Journal of Medicine's COVID-19 pageA collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak from a top medical journal.
- Wiley's coronavirus article collectionIncludes just-published freely-available scholarly articles on the topic.
- National Library of Medicine's Pandemic Influenza resource pageNot specific to the Novel Coronavirus, but may provide good information about pandemics.
Research resources
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Resources from Disaster LitDisaster Lit is a guide to disaster medicine and public health emergency literature and related information produced by the National Library of Medicine.
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Articles from PubMedA preformulated search will bring up the latest research from the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Database.
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Annotated genome sequence of the 2019 novel coronavirus in GenBankNovel coronavirus complete genome from the Wuhan outbreak is available in the NCBI database GenBank ( Read More)
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New England Journal Of Medicine - 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)A collection of articles and other resources on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus outbreak, including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary
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Elsevier - Novel Coronavirus Information CenterFor the benefit of healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public, Elsevier has created a Novel Coronavirus Information Center with freely available information in English and Mandarin Chinese on the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
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JAMA: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)Resource for updates on coronavirus diagnosis and treatment and recent articles from JAMA.
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Red Book Online - 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infections"The Red Book edited by the Committee on Infectious Diseases of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the preeminent resource on pediatric infectious disease. The section on the COVID 19 Outbreak is a streamlined resource of information and links, focused on pediatrics.
- LitCovidLitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 1150 (and growing) research articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved access.
- Links to COVID-19 ResourcesThe Copyright Clearance Center is maintaining a list of publishing and information organizations that are contributing to the common good by providing access to relevant science, news and educational content related to COVID-19 and the novel Coronavirus causing it.