Stafford Library: COVID-19 Resource Guide: Resources

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COVID-19 Information

There are multiple resources available about the Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Here are some helpful links:

Columbia College Mask Policy and Health and Safety Expectations
Here are the requirements for masks on campus and the policies for social distancing.
Centers for Disease Control
Information and updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), national public health institute of the United States.
Columbia/Boone County Public Health
Local health information on the city of Columbia and Boone County.
Help COVID-19 contact tracers, not scammers
Contact tracers, the folks who work for state health departments to try to track anyone who may have been exposed to COVID-19, are an important part of our road to recovery. But some scammers are pretending to be contact tracers so they can profit off of the current confusion.
Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre
To assist health workers and researchers working under challenging conditions to bring this outbreak to a close, The Lancet has created a Coronavirus Resource Centre. 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.
MedlinePlus
Consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine
Military One Source- COVID-19
Military resources related to COVID-19.
Missouri Dept of Health
Includes statistics and links to resources.
Missouri State Library Resource Guide
Library related information along with COVID-19 resources and links to freely available links.
National Library of Medicine-COVID-19
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) coronavirus resource section. NLM is the world's largest medical library and is an institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Proquest Coronavirus Research Database
ProQuest built this database in response to the rapidly growing need for authoritative content related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
U.S. Census COVID-19
This site provides users demographic risk factor variables along with economic data on 20 key industries impacted by Coronavirus.
World Health Organization
Click on "Countries" in the blue banner near the top for information on specific nations.

Free Resources Available during the pandemic

Many free resources are being offered during the pandemic. Here are some links you might find helpful.

American Educational Research Association
AERA has developed a resource page to give the education research community, educators, policy makers, and others open access to updates from the scholarly community and important content.
EBSCO Information & Free Resources
Links to multiple resources for students and families.
Free Activities from EAI Education
Activities for math for grades K-8
Oxford University Press
Access to research, support for schools and home learning, higher education, and other useful reading and resources.
Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy
Pandemics: The Invisible Enemy features important information on pandemics throughout world history. Provides the health and societal impacts of pandemics from an historical perspective.
Pearson Higher Education Resources
Includes resources for both faculty and students such as help with teaching and learning online.
Project Muse for Instructors
Project MUSE hosts a variety of books and articles on the subject of online teaching, distance learning, and many other topics on higher education and technology.

COVID-19 Resource Guide: Resources

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COVID-19 Information

Free Resources Available during the pandemic

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