COVID/ Pandemic Keywords
COVID
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COVID-19
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"COVID 2019"
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Coronavirus*
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SARS-CoV-2
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SARSCoV2
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"SARS coronavirus 2"
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"Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2"
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novel AND coronavirus*
Pandemic
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epidemic
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endemic
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outbreak
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"public health emergency"
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contagion
Historical Pandemics*
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"Swine Flu" OR H1N1
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Ebola
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SARS
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Mers-CoV
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"Black Death" OR "Bubonic Plague"
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Cholera
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HIV/AIDS OR AIDS OR "Gay Related Immo-deficient Disease"
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Malaria
*Pandemics, epidemics, or endemics may not be discussed by the name we know them today!
Health Sciences Librarian
Primary Sources
- VaccineFinderProvides current information on where to sign up to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in your area.
- UTK Data Monitoring and Contingency OptionsBest starting place for UTK COVID-19 related data.
- Knox County Health Department Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)Covers local COVID-19 data and benchmarks, as well as vaccine information. Most data updated daily.
- TN COVID-19 InformationState of Tennessee website for up-to-date COVID-related information, including county-level and vaccine dashboards.
- The COVID Tracking ProjectCovers COVID-19 data for 56 US states and territories, including data on race & ethnicity and nursing home/long-term care. Updated daily.
- LitCovidThis NIH/NLM resource is a hub of recently published scholarly articles on COVID-19 that are indexed in PubMed. Updated daily.
- Disaster LitNIH database for disaster medicine and public health. Includes a link for COVID-19 resources.
Secondary Sources
Consider the focus beyond COVID (COVID AND [focus])
- PubMed
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Related Topics: medical, health, public health, vaccines, health policy, nutrition, etc. - CINAHL Complete
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Related Topics: nursing, medical, health, public health, vaccines, health policy, nutrition, etc. - Academic Search CompleteRelated Topics: food, retail, industry, economics, media, society, sociology, culture, etc.
- Business Source CompleteRelated Topics: business, industry, economics, media, data policy, etc.
- Health Policy Reference CenterRelated Topics: health policy, healthcare system, etc.
- OneSearchGreat place for getting started. Can search most ebooks, and some articles.
Need More Help?
Subject Librarians are here to assist!
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Nursing, Nutrition, Public Health, Health Policy: Melanie Dixson & Niki Cobb - hslibs@utk.edu
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Mental Health/Psychology: Brianne Dosch - bdosch@utk.edu
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History: Shaina Destine - sdestin1@utk.edu