Resources Temporarily Available FREE or on Modified Terms
Trial Databases
The Library is licensing ebooks for every textbook we can. In addition, the following resources are trial databases being evaluated for a future subscription.
Publications (Ebooks, Journals)
Guilford Press Journals is offering temporary access to journals in psychology & psychiatry, public health, and social criticism. Available through July 31.
O’Reilly for Higher Education includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers - along with videos, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments. From the drop-down menu, choose: Not listed? Click here. Then enter UVa email address to access content. New resources with no expiration date for access at this time.
Streaming (Video, Music)
5MinuteConsult provides fast, evidence-based answers to your clinical questions at the point of care. Available through July 10, 2020.
LWW Health Library provides a singular access point to clinical and educational content, as well as rich multimedia ancillaries for teaching, learning, and practice. Available through July 10, 2020.
Pidgeon Digital This is a collection of illustrated talks by architects and related designers. The talks are shown as online presentations, which are fully searchable for use by the wider architecture and built environment community. These resources are available through July 31, 2020.
Sage Knowledge is a social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference, and video content.
SAGE Research Methods Video includes hours of tutorials, interviews, video case studies, and mini-documentaries covering the entire research process.
SAGE Video showcases highly relevant educational video across key social science disciplines. Each collection includes a breadth of video types to support diverse research and learning needs. All videos are fully citable with searchable transcripts, custom clip creation and embedding.
All three of these resources are available through July 6.
Commercial Vendors and Publishers
Expanded temporary access to JSTOR's collection of over 35,000 ebooks, in addition to all JSTOR Archive and Primary Source collections, is now available through December 31, 2020.
Search SpringerLink's package of Free Textbooks and Library Link special issue during Covid 19. Make sure to first access the database from this proxy link and uncheck the "Include Preview-Only content" facet (yellow box at the top of left-hand column) to access full-text titles available to the UVA community until the end of July 2020.
The 256 textbooks currently on ScienceDirect will be automatically entitled to all active ScienceDirect customers (including those journals customers who do not currently have books) while campuses are closed. Access the title list here and other details on these materials can also be found in their page for COVID-19 resources for librarians, campuses and health professionals. Elsevier will also provide access through ProQuest Ebook Central through Aug 31, 2020.
British History Online (BHO) is a digital collection of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a special focus on the period 1300 to 1800. All transcribed content on BHO freely available to individual users until July 31, 2020.
OverDrive offers both eBooks and downloadable audiobooks compatible with many different devices with the Libby app. Access to content is being expanded through the summer and is free through your public library. Don't have a JMRL library card? Sign up online for a temporary elibrary card! If you need assistance, chat, email, text, or call JMRL using their Ask a Librarian.
AudioBookClub is an online audio book library collection of streaming audio books for schools and libraries. Part of Tumblebooks, Inc., it supports a virtually unlimited number of simultaneous users. Access available until August 31, 2020. See privacy policy here.
Username: tumble2020 | Password: A3b5c6
Academic Publishers
Among the publishers currently opting to make content free on Project MUSE are Johns Hopkins University Press (all books and journals), Ohio State University Press (all books and journals), University of Nebraska Press (all books and journals), University of North Carolina Press (all books), Temple University Press (all books), and Vanderbilt University Press (selected books). Additional participants will continually be added and update in the list of publishers offering free access to content.
Content that is freely available on the Project MUSE platform during the COVID-19 crisis will display a distinctive "Free" icon, different from the "OA" icon used for fully open access content on MUSE, or the familiar green checkmark that users associate with content held by their library. MUSE search results, by default, include any content to which a user has access, so will offer the researcher any relevant free, OA, or entitled articles and books. There are over 2000 open access books and a small number of fully OA journals on the MUSE platform.
Cambridge Core is providing access to all 700 textbooks, published and currently available in HTML format through June 29, 2020. Browse a list of titles or download a list at their site.
The University of Michigan Press will lift access restrictions for all 1,150+ titles until August 31, 2020. Included in the Collection are over 200 titles used in student courses and almost 300 award-winners. Strengths include political science and public (including health) policy, performing arts, classical and medieval studies, American studies, and Area studies (especially East Asian, African, and German studies).
The UMP EBC is fully accessible on Fulcrum, a leading community-developed, open source platform for digital scholarship that offers users the ability to read books with associated digital enhancements, such as: 3-D models, embedded audio, video, and databases; zoomable online images, and interactive media. Please note that UMP's is a “free-to-read” initiative that allows on-screen reading, not download. Only purchasing libraries can take advantage of downloadable titles and other unique benefits.
MIT Press Direct books are now freely available to UVA users through June 30, 2020.
For the duration of this crisis, all Ohio State University Press monographs, and the linguistics textbook language files, will be open and free to use through the Ohio State University Libraries’ Institutional Repository, The Knowledge Bank.
The University of Virginia Press (UVA Press) is making all of its ebook content on the MUSE platform open-access through June 30, 2020.
Not-for-profit Platforms
HathiTrust has temporarily opened up copyrighted material in their digital library to member institutions with copies of those items in their physical collections. HathiTrust’s online collection contains more than half of the UVA Library’s book collection. To take advantage of this resource, follow these instruction. Note that you are not able to download the book in any way; you may only read it online in an active session while using HathiTrust. This is to protect the author’s rights. You will have 60 minutes of access to the book during any session. If you remain active in the book during any session, access time will be extended.
Journals & Periodicals
American Society for Microbiology (ASM)- research articles published over the last year in ASM’s 16 scholarly journals
Bloomberg Media - access all of Bloomberg.com’s premium news and analysis of business, finance, climate change, technology, politics and more through July 31, 2020 for college students only.
Duke University Press is proving free online access to journal articles until October 1, 2020.
JSTORE - Free access to new Public Health journals through December 31, 2020.
Library Journal - temporary full-access pass for all readers to all premium content, usually available only to premium subscribers. Please enter with the following credentials: Login: access@libraryjournal.com; Password: LJfullaccess1. During the COVID crisis, also providing free access to the digitized editions of the magazine archive, including the latest issue. To access, go to the LJ homepage and click on "Access Digitized Edition" in the upper left-hand corner. For return visits, click on "Bookshelf" in the upper right-hand corner of the Bookshelf-MSI landing page.
Publisher's Weekly - Digital magazine available through the duration of the COVID crisis.
SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) - Epidemiology Collection is open to the public with no expiration set.
Audiobooks
AudioBookClub is an online audio book library collection of streaming audio books for schools and libraries. Part of Tumblebooks, Inc., it supports a virtually unlimited number of simultaneous users. Access available until August 31, 2020. See privacy policy here.
Username: tumble2020 | Password: A3b5c6
Artist Resources
The Center for Book Arts is offering online courses on various subjects and levels of difficulty led by lecturers and practitioners, and will instruct the foundational methods and structures in the Bookbinding and Letterpress curriculum, but will also offer other expansive elective classes to encourage experimentation and creativity. Classes are offered with a suggested donation: student pay what they can, as the donations will be used to pay the instructor and to cover the class expenses.
Resources updated and curated daily by Resident Librarian Hanni Nabahe--please contact her with updates or changes.
Journal Articles
The following publishers agreed to make to make their content accessible in machine-readable formats and license it in ways which allow researchers to use text and data-mining and machine-learning technologies on all of the content (including data) made available. You can see an expanded list of signatories in this press release by the Wellcome Trust.
AIP Publishing - COVID-19 Collection
Atypon - Novel Coronavirus Outbreak Special Edition (aggregator of over 30,000 authoritative sources across the web)
American Society for Microbiology - Novel Coronavirus Resources
BioOne - Peer-reviewed articles on COVID-19
BMJ - Coronavirus (covid-19): Latest news and resources
Cambridge University Press - Coronavirus Free Access Collection
Clarivate Analytics - Research published on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) from the Web of Science
CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure, 中国知网) - Free Access to Featured Collections on COVID-19
Cochrane - Coronavirus (COVID-19): evidence relevant to critical care. Also available in Simplified Chinese, German, Farsi, French, Japanese, Bahasa Malaysia, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
DynaMed - COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Resource Center
EBSCO - COVID-19 Updates and Information
Elsevier - COVID-19 resources for librarians, campuses and health professionals | Free health and medical research on novel coronavirus (COVID-19) | 1Science Coronavirus Research Repository
Emerald Publishing - Free content related to Coronavirus and the management of epidemics.
JAMA Network - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
JoVE - Coronavirus Free Access Resource Center
JSTOR - Resources during COVID-19 | Free access to new Public Health journals
Lancet - Coronavirus Resource Centre
Mary Ann Liebert Publishers - Freely-available science-backed research on coronavirus
MIT Press - Articles for Understanding Pandemics and Epidemiology
New England Journal of Medicine - Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Ovid (Wolters Kluwer) - COVID-19 Tools & Resources for Clinicians
Oxford University Press - Free Access to OUP Resources on Coronavirus and Related Topics
PMC (PubMed Central) - Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative
In PMC, you can find full-text journal articles relating toCOVID-19 (all) | Open Access | Author Manuscripts | Coronaviruses broadly (historical and current literature) (all) | Open Access | Author Manuscripts
PLOS - Disease Forecasting and Surveillance and COVID-19 updates.
ProQuest - COVID-19 information resource center | Coronavirus Research Database
Sage Publishing - COVID-19 Articles
SIAM (Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics) - Epidemiology Collection
Springer Nature - Free research, articles, ebooks, and additional commentary on COVID-19
SSRN (Elsevier) - Coronavirus and Infectious Disease Research
Taylor & Francis - COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access
The Royal Society - Research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak
Thieme - Specialist Information on the Coronavirus
University of Chicago Press - Coronavirus Research
UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer) - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Wiley Online Library - Novel Coronavirus Content Free to Access | Scitrus, real-time feed on COVID-19.
Reports
Information is Beautiful - COVID-19 #Coronavirus Infographic DataPack
BUSINESS - ECONOMY
CRS (Congressional Research Service) Reports - Coronavirus: U.S.-China Economic Considerations (3 pgs.) | COVID-19: Economic Development Implications (4 pgs.)
Euromonitor - Coronavirus Impact on Global Supply Chains
Goldman Sachs - Research and Insights Relating to COVID-19
IMF (International Monetary Fund) - Policy Responses to COVID-19 From Governments Around the World (April 2020)
JP Morgan - Coronavirus Research
McKinsey - Coronavirus Insights
National Academies of Science Engineering Medicine - Rapid Expert Consultation on Social Distancing for the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 19, 2020) | Rapid Expert Consultation on Severe Illness in Young Adults for the COVID-19 Pandemic (March 14, 2020)
Nielsen - Media Consumption Rises Amid COVID-19 Pandemic | Consumers Forced Indoors During Crisis Spend More Time On Media | Local TV News Proves to Be the Medium of Choice for News and Information
NPD Group - Weekly U.S. Consumption Trends During COVID-19
OECD (
Science - Effect Of Travel Restrictions On The Spread Of The 2019 Novel Coronavirus
WTO (World Trade Organization) - Trade in Medical Goods in the Context of Tackling COVID-19
World Tourism Organization - Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 Outbreak on International Tourism (16 pgs.)
EDUCATION
ITHAKA - COVID-19: Incorporating the Student Perspective into Institutional Decision-Making
HEALTHCARE
RAND Health Care - Critical Care Surge Response Strategies for the 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak in the United States (49 pgs.) | Critical Care Capacity Spreadsheet (.zip)
INFO TECH - JOURNALISM - MEDIA
COMCAST - COVID-19 Network Update
NCTA - Internet & Television Association Broadband Usage Metrics, Trends, and Observations Dashboard
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) - COVID-19’s Impact on Press Freedom
TrendForce - Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Outbreak’s Impact on Global High-Tech Industry (February 2020)
Trackers and Visualizations
Apple Mobility Reports - Mobility trends in countries/regions and cities. Reports are published daily and reflect requests for directions in Apple Maps. Complete data sets available for download, feature daily changes in requests for directions by transportation type for all available countries/regions and cities.
Bloomberg - Mapping the Coronavirus Outbreak Across the World
Business Insider - COVID-19 Tracker From Microsoft/Bing
Coronavirus Dashboard - or https://ncov2019.live/data, a site created by Avi Schiffman, a 17 year old high school student, started the site in late December, when coronavirus had not yet been detected outside of China. Updated every minute or so with information from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control, among others.
ESRI - US COVID-19 Community Gallery (data sites and dashboards from around the USA) | Exploring COVID-19 Impact on Vulnerable Populations Using Infographics
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - DPA guidance on data processing and COVID-19
Johns Hopkins University - COVID-19 United States Cases by County
KFF (Global Health Policy) - COVID-19 Coronavirus Tracker
Medum - Links to Notable maps visualizing COVID-19 and surrounding impacts
New York Times - Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak
Pan American Health Organization - Coronavirus COVID-2019 Geographic Spread in the Americas
Stanford's Big Local News Platform (Google-Funded) - COVID-19 Case Mapper
UC Davis - COVID-19 Tracking Application
United Nations - UN COVID-19 Data Hub
Virginia Department of Health - COVID-19 in Virginia, is updated daily before 10 AM. Numbers are preliminary and close out at 5 PM the day before posting. Case counts reflect what has been reported to VDH by healthcare providers and laboratories. See "Locality" tab for counts by VA locality, then scroll down to Thomas Jefferson Health District for Albemarle's figures. Select the locality on bar chart menu or on the table to see historical data for an individual health district.
Wilhelmsen - Shipping COVID-19 Global Port Restrictions Map
News
CDC (Centers for Disease Control) -Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Charlottesville's Daily Progress (paywall removed) - Coverage on local coronavirus-related stories
Charlottesville Business Innovation Council - Tracking local business committing to #FlattenTheCurveCville to slow the spread of COVID-19
Charlottesville Tomorrow - Special: Ongoing COVID-19 Coverage reports daily on local conditions at the Thomas Jefferson Health District, Virginia Department of Health, and more.
Cvillepedia - COVID-19 Emergency Page
LexisNexus (paywall removed) - Breaking news, in-depth features and expert analysis on all things relating to COVID-19 and the law.
IBIS - Freely available to the public through the links provided:
- Industry Insider – check back regularly for updated information
- Industry Fast Facts - outlines how the spread of the virus is impacting sectors across the countries where IBISWorld operates, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the UK and the US.
- A series of Industry Insider articles discussing in-depth impacts on industries in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
- Updated Reports List
International Air Transport Association (IATA) - COVID-19 Latest Developments
International Civil Aeronautics Organization (ICAO) - Situation Reports and Primary Documents (Updated Daily)
National Association of Regional Councils - Resources for local governments at Coronavirus Disease 2019
New York Times (paywall removed) - Corona-Virus / COVID-19 coverage | COVID -19 US Case Tracking Map
NewsGuard - List of websites known for publishing misinformation on COVID-19
NIH (National Institutes of Health) - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Washington Post (paywall removed) - Corona Virus Simulation | Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count
Curricula, Online Courses, Ebooks, Archives
BioRxiv and MedRxiv- COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv
Duke University Press - Navigating the threat of Pandemic Syllabus
Johns Hopkins University - Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology: A Johns Hopkins Teach-Out (Coursera), for anyone who has been curious about how we identify and measure outbreaks like the COVID-19 epidemic and wants to understand the epidemiology of these infections.
JSTOR Daily - Teaching Pandemics Syllabus
LitCovid - curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information from NLM. Provides a central access to over 1,200 relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations.
Translators Without Borders - COVID-19 glossary in 11 languages
World Scientific - Information on the Coronavirus (ebooks)
Getting educators and students the course materials they need during COVID-19
Published: March 19, 2020
Publishers and education tech companies offering temporary free access codes, but using content with restrictive copyrights, has downsides. We want to make sure educators know about the high-quality resources that are permanently free to students, and ensure faculty independence and student data privacy. These are some openly licensed resources that are free for students and can offer educators a greater degree of flexibility to suit their current teaching style and situation.
- Iowa State University’s OER Starter Kit provides information on switching from traditionally licensed materials to open materials as well as finding and using them in the classroom.
- The University of Minnesota Open Textbook Library is a user-friendly repository for open textbooks. The website allows a search by subject as well as reviews from professors currently using the books in their classrooms.
- OpenStax has high quality textbooks available for free access online and gives students the option to purchase low price print copies.
- Lumen is now offering their Online Homework Manager for free for the rest of the semester. Lumen is also offering webinars to help professors make the switch.
- The open community has also crowdsourced an expanded list of resources and tip guides, hosted by the Community College Consortium for OER. You may find resources tailored to your state there.
Beyond openly licensed materials, there are other free-to-student resources to consider. Faculty can ask librarians what free articles, movies, and other content are available based on their existing subscriptions. Educators can also provide materials such as chapters from books to students under fair use guidelines. Stony Brook University has a good guide to fair use for educational purposes on copyrighted materials here.
It’s not easy, but we’re thankful for the work educators and their colleagues are doing to serve students in this difficult time. We’ll get through it, together!
Compilations of Special Offers
We will be monitoring these lists and selectively including relevant links to other tabs on this guide.
Berkeley Library's FMRT Lists: VideoLib, Videonews & VRT-List - Special Streaming Offers during Covid19 Cheat Sheet
Brown University (Regina Longo's) List - Streaming Resources MCM Remote Teaching and Learning
Library Journal's infoDOCKET - COVID-19: Special Offers and Updates From Vendors, Publishers, and Online Services
Information Services Providers - Public View
International Coalition of Library Consortia List - ICOLC COVID-19 Expanded Access Specifics WEB
James-Madison Regional Library - COVID-19 Response & Available Online Resources
University of Florida List - Publisher/Vendor Support for Access to E-Resources in Response to COVID-19
Wheaton College - COVID-19 Offers and Resources
Other Compilations of Resources
CCCOER and Open Education Global - Open Educational Resources for Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Era
Directory of mutual aid pandemic disaster care (Cindy Milstein) - Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon against COVID-19
Library Journal's infoDOCKET - 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources