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Resources Available During COVID-19 Closure
The UMN Libraries may be closed due to COVID-19, but we are here to help with your research online!
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U Libraries resources for undergraduates during COVID-19Our buildings may be closed, but you can connect virtually to our librarians and staff and access millions of books and many services and resources online.
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Emergency online access to Libraries print collection (HathiTrust)Emergency full-text, online access to millions of books from our print collection is temporarily available! Look for the HathiTrust link in search results.
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Schedule a virtual consultation with a librarianConsultations are generally available Monday - Friday and are intended for personalized, in-depth support primarily for University of Minnesota faculty, instructors, graduate and undergraduate students and staff. We will contact you within two working days to schedule and/or confirm the consultation. Generally, for virtual appointments, you'll be given a Zoom or other meeting link at least one hour ahead of the scheduled meeting.
Example keywords and search terms
- Covid-19
- coronavirus
- SARS-CoV-2
- "novel coronavirus"
- pandemic or epidemic or outbreak
- influenza
- epidemiology
- public health
- superspreader event or transmission
- health disparities
- low income
- health equality
- at risk populations or vulnerable populations
- health insurance or uninsured or heath services accessibility or underinsured
- race
- ethnicity
- gender
- sexuality
- disability
- minority health
Remember:
"Groups of people differ in terms of disease incidence and prevalence, disease course, and health outcomes.
Research in this area includes:
- whether or not there are health disparities for a given condition for given groups of people
- what those health disparities are and what impact they have on the group and/or society
- what is causing those health disparities (genetics, environmental conditions, cultural conditions, access to medical care, differential treatment, etc.)
- how identified health disparities can be eliminated (educational interventions, improved screening, etc.)
It's important to remember that many people are members of multiple groups affected by health disparities, such as a Latina who is underinsured living in an urban area a transgender teen living in a rural area."
Information on health disparities
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Social Determinants of HealthThe Social Determinants of Health topic area within Healthy People 2020 is designed to identify ways to create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
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Disparities in Health and Health Care: Five Key Questions and AnswersFrom Kaiser Family Foundation. Health and health care disparities refer to differences in health and health care between groups that are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Disparities occur across many dimensions, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, location, gender, disability status, and sexual orientation.
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Center for Disease Control (CDC) - Health EqualityReducing and eliminating health disparities is fundamental to reaching health equity and building a healthier nation. CDC’s Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) advances health equity and women’s health issues across the nation through CDC’s science and programs.
Find sources (search article databases)
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Sociological AbstractsThis core database for the field of sociology contains information on sociology and social policy worldwide. Sociological Abstracts includes citations from the 1952-present. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of journal publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
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GenderWatchSearch articles from journals, etc. that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas such as the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles.
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Ethnic NewsWatchEthnic NewsWatch is a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press from 1990, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives.
Find sources - health science journals
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PubMedSearches MEDLINE, which is the primary source of journal articles for the health sciences (fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health, health care systems, and basic sciences). Coverage is from the 1940s to the present.
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ScopusSearch for information from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Covers the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
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MEDLINE (Ovid)Searches MEDLINE, which is the primary source of journal articles for the health sciences (fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health, health care systems, and basic sciences). Ovid MEDLINE is optimized for advanced literature searches. Coverage is from the 1940s to the present.
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MEDLINE/PubMed Search and Health Disparities & Minority Health Information ResourcesThe MEDLINE/PubMed health disparities searches journal literature, combining subject terms and title & abstract words.
Library guides on doing research on Covid-19
Covid-19 and Coronavius Research Guide (finding sources and articles ABOUT Covid-19)
- Use this guide to get started finding sources and articles ABOUT Covid-19, coronavirus, pandemics and epidemics for your undergraduate research papers.
Covid-19 for Health Sciences Researchers, Students, and Professionals
- This guide is intended for health researchers, educators, clinicians, and students seeking various types of information about COVID-19 or novel coronavirus. We refrained from listing individual sources as a number of aggregate sources are quickly populating the Internet. Instead, we point you to types of aggregated resources based on the information you might need (e.g., dataset, meta-analysis, training resource, etc.). This guide is a collaborative effort of the Health Science Library and engineering liaison librarians for the health sciences disciplines.
Last Updated: Jul 13, 2020 6:32 PM
URL: https://libguides.umn.edu/GWSS/3203W
