Publishers open up while the world locks down
As COVID-19 has swept the globe, most countries are now in some form of lockdown. Social media campaigns have encouraged us to #StayHome to protect the community and #FlattenTheCurve to relieve the burden on our healthcare systems and medical professionals.
But with this rapidly developing situation, and changes occurring minute by minute, it’s more important than ever that you have access to reliable information.
The library has developed a COVID-19 Resource Guide to assist with finding reliable research on the virus and its impact. This collates several of the top resources in this area, featuring information that is open to the public.
A host of the best academic publishers have also temporarily opened up their COVID-19 resources to everyone, ensuring we have evidence-based information on the virus and its impact. Publishers have provided access to a variety of information sources, including:
- COVID-19 specific medical/scientific research
- curated publisher collections
- discipline-specific materials covering the impact of the virus on a range of industries.
The library’s Collections team have collated some of these resources for you below and will continue to update it as things change over the coming weeks and months. Please note that this information is openly accessible for a limited time only, and we cannot guarantee when individual organisations will lock it down again.
As always, we encourage you to get your information from reliable, evidence-based sources and to regularly check the library blog for updates to our services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 science and medical resources
- BMJ: Open Access Coronavirus (covid-19): Latest news and resources
- JAMA Network: COVID-19 collection for Deakin users
- New England Journal of Medicine: Open Access Coronavirus collection
Publisher collections on COVID-19 and related subjects
- Gale: Access to Gale Health & Wellness database until 30 June 2020
- Elsevier: Open Access Coronavirus information center
- Project Muse: Free access to selected e-journal and e-book content for a limited time period. See link for participating publishers and dates.
- Taylor & Francis: Open access Coronavirus (COVID-19) reading list
Discipline-specific resources
- Access Medicine: Open Access COVID CENTRAL
- IBISWorld: COVID-19 Economic Assessment special report
COVID-19 news resources
New York Times: Open access The Coronavirus outbreak
Extended access to other library resources
Informit: Access to Informit EduTV and Informit TVNews will be permitted outside Australia for off-campus students for education purposes via the current website, and via their LMS.
Faculty users have approval to download any Informit Media product (EduTV & TVNews) asset that is viewed locally. This file can then be sent to overseas students via their LMS (not email).
These offers are available first semester of 2020 or until the crisis is over.