Some additional e-resources are being made freely available by publishers for a short period to support teaching , learning and research during COVID-19. The Library may already licence some of these resources, but some of the additional materials being made temporarily available by publishers may not be accessible in the longer term without the Library paying additional fees to licence this content for ongoing use. Please be assured that we shall be monitoring this situation closely, and will update this list as resources are removed, or new ones added. Expand all Collapse all American Medical Association JAMA and related titles have made COVID-19 related material open access. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/pages/coronavirus-alert Brill More than 30 leading STM publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications immediately accessible. At Brill we have opened up books and articles on topics such as public health, distance learning, crisis research. If any new related content is published with us, it will be added to this collection. https://www2.brill.com/COVID-19_Collection#Home Clarivate Analytics Multiple free resources to support COVID-19 research. https://clarivate.com/blog/get-the-insights-you-need-on-the-coronaviruses-from-clarivate-analytics/ CNKI CNKI, provider of our Library subscribed databases “China Academic Journals” and “China Doctoral & Masters Dissertations Full-text Databases”, has just launched an Open Access Platform for all Chinese literature published regarding the current new coronavirus known as COVID-19. https://cajn.cnki.net/xgbt (Chinese version). https://xgbteng.oversea.cnki.net/xgbt/en (English version). New articles are being added every day. Elsevier Elsevier COVID-19 Information Center Elsevier is providing expert, curated information for the research and health community on SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus) and COVID-19 (the disease). All resources are free to access and include guidelines for clinicians, patients and researchers. For researchers this includes the latest early-stage and peer-reviewed research on COVID-19 from journals including The Lancet and Cell Press. There are also c.20,000 related articles free to access on ScienceDirect. These articles are also available to download with rights for full text and data mining, re-use and analyses for as long as needed. : www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center JSTOR JSTOR have released a COVID-19 webpage at https://about.jstor.org/covid19/ Use http://www.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.jstor.org to access JSTOR off campus. https://about.jstor.org/covid19/expanded-access-to-collections/- see the list of journals/databases giving access to 30 June 2023. Our existing and the COVID-19 additional free content is available on DiscoverEd. McGraw-Hill AccessMedicine “COVID-19 Central” https://www.accessmedicinenetwork.com/channels/2610 will be a source of weekly updated developments and analysis in clinical medicine, public health, and industry and will be aimed at healthcare professionals, trainees, students, and librarians. It will be open to all, regardless of Access subscription status. It will have daily contributions and resources from across our author and specialist professional community. As you may be aware, Dr Anthony Fauci is the leading spokesperson to the US government on COVID-19 and is also one of our editors of Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine. We have also created an AccessMedicine distance learning LibGuide https://mheducation.libguides.com/distance MERIP - Middle East Research and Information Project The Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) was established in 1971 to provide critical reporting and analysis about contemporary Middle East affairs. For almost 50 years, MERIP has been first and foremost a community of people who care deeply about the Middle East and the world. That is truer today than it has ever been. As every pocket of the globe and every member of our community face the challenges of COVID-19, we at MERIP want to let you know the steps we are taking to bolster this community and continue our mission. MERIP has permanently removed the paywall from its entire website. Our archive contains invaluable analysis of the systems, structures and conditions that will shape how COVID-19 impacts the Middle East. As students, scholars, activists and concerned citizens find themselves displaced from their institutions and facing frightening economic uncertainty, we want to ensure that anyone can access MERIP’s content regardless of circumstance. Access MERIP here - MERIP National Archives The National Archives have made their digital records available on their website for free while their reading room services are limited. You need to register on their website and will then be able to download up to 10 items at a time, to a maximum of 100 items over 30 days. Full info and registration at https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/digital-downloads/ Royal Society Publishing The Royal Society have made all content on their journal platform accessible without login requirements. They have also collated articles relevant to Covid-19, which will be updated as they publish more research. Access the Royal Society journal content here - Royal Society journals. Access the Royal Society Covid-19 articles here - Royal Society Covid-19 articles. NB: the Library subscribes to the Royal Society Package S which will mean most content will still be accessible when the temporary free access is withdrawn. SAGE SAGE have removed the subscription gateway to a curated list of articles related to COVID-19 and Coronavirus and have signed and are committed to the Wellcome statement on sharing research data related to COVID-19. They are fast tracking and publishing open access research relevant to the current pandemic, without article publishing charges. https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/press/access-coronavirus-covid-19-articles-from-sage-publishing Visit the SAGE Social Science Space community site for social and behavioral science insights and tips about dealing with the virus and its consequences. http://socialsciencespace.com/coronavirus You can visit dedicated sites with resources and access information for eBooks and courseware for the transition to teaching online: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/resources-to-help-you-teach-online-UK SpringerNature The Library already subcribes to most Springer content but additional content has now been made available. Research Springer Nature knows how essential access to research is in slowing the spread of COVID-19. We have made available for free all relevant research we have published and continue to publish, and are strongly urging our authors submitting articles related to this emergency to share underlying datasets relating to the outbreak as rapidly and widely as possible. The latest coronavirus research and news items are freely available from Springer Nature. This material is authoritative and could help on a broad scale. The landing pages for this open content are: Nature collection: https://www.nature.com/collections/hajgidghjb Springer collection: https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/coronavirus To make remote access easier we will soon keep users logged in for 90 days after their initial authentication. We will keep the 90-day period under review and will update you of any change. In parallel, we are exploring new methods of access and will be piloting Google Scholar Universal CASA for remote access across multiple devices. 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