COVID-19 Knowledge Hub: For Researchers

This page is a starting point for clinical questions and research concerning COVID-19. These links are maintained by MUHC library staff and are not exhaustive.

Legend: Library’s picks.

Recent Articles

EPPI Centre, University College London (UK)
COVID-19: A Living Systematic Map of the Evidence [English]

Hospices Civiles de Lyon (France)
LittéCovid (Veille Covid-19) [French]

MedRxiv (USA)
COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Preprints from MedRxiv and BioRxiv [English]

  • This resource offers access to preprint articles submitted directly by authors before being accepted for publication.
  • Note: Preprints are preliminary articles that have not been certified by peer review. Read more here.

National Library of Medicine (USA)
LitCovid [English]

Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Live Map of COVID-19 Evidence [English]

PubMed
Recent Articles on COVID-19 [Mostly English]

University of British Columbia (Canada)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — For Beginners to Experts [English]

University of Washington, University of Arizona Medical Schools & coll. (USA)
COVID-19 Literature Surveillance Team [English]

World Health Organization
Global Research on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) [English]

Information Hubs

CHU de Rouen — CISMEF (France)
Documents sur la COVID-19 [French]

Gouvernement du Québec (Canada)
Situation of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Québec [English/French]

Infection Prevention and Control Canada
Information about Coronavirus [English/French]

Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ) (Canada)
COVID-19 (coronavirus) [French]

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine (USA)
Coronavirus Resource Centre [English]

  • Topics include: Data Visualization, Epidemiological Data.

McMaster University (Canada)
COVID-END: COVID-19 Evidence Network to Support Decision-Making [English]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (USA)
COVID-19 Responses & Resources [English]

  • Topics include: Research Digests.

ProMED: International Society for Infectious Diseases (USA)
Coronavirus [English]

  • Topics include: Epidemiological Data.

Public Health England Knowledge & Library Services (UK)
Finding the Evidence: Coronavirus [English]

  • Topics include: Research Digests.

University of British Columbia (Canada)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — For Beginners to Experts [English]

University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (USA)
COVID-19 Resource Center [English]

World Health Organization
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic [Engish/French]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies, Data Visualization, Epidemiological Data, Research Digests.

Data & Statistics

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (USA)
COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) [English]

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
COVID-19 Resources [English/French]

  • Topics include: Canadian Data, Epidemiological Data.

COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group
COVID-19 in Canada [English]

  • Topics include: Canadian Data, Data Visualization, Epidemiological Data.

Dimensions (USA)
Facilitating Access to COVID-19 Research [English]

ESRI Canada
COVID-19 Resources [English/French]

  • Topics include: Canadian Data, Data Visualization, Epidemiological Data.

EU Open Data Portal
COVID-19 Coronavirus Data [English/French]

Government of Canada
Open Data and Information Related to COVID-19 [English/French]

Gouvernement français — données ouvertes (France)
Covid-19 en France [French]

NextStrain
Novel Coronavirus [English]

  • Topics include: Epidemiological Data, Data Visualization.

Our World in Data — University of Oxford (UK)
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) — Statistics and Research [English]

  • Topics include: Data Visualization, Epidemiological Data.

Primer AI (United States)
COVID-19 Primer [English]

  • Topics include: Data Visualization, Research Digests.
  • Note: The data on this page are compiled using artificial intelligence algorithms. The information also includes preprints. Preprints are preliminary articles that have not been certified by peer review.

Public Health Agency of Canada
Canada COVID-19 Situational Awareness Dashboard [English/French]

  • Topics include: Canadian Data, Data Visualization.

Statistics Canada
COVID-19: A Data Perspective [English/French]

  • Topics include: Canadian Data, Epidemiological Data.

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN STATS COVID-19 Data Hub [English]

  • Topics include: Data Visualization.

Emergent Therapies

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Government of Canada Funds 49 Additional COVID-19 Research Projects — Details of the Funded Projects [English/French]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

Cochrane (UK)
Cochrane COVID-19 Study Register [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

Cytel (Canada/USA)
Global Coronavirus COVID-19 Clinical Trial Tracker [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

EU Clinical Trials Register (Netherlands)
Clinical Trials for COVID-19 [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

Inato (France)
Anticovid [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

McGill University (Canada)
COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

Milken Institute (United States)
COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Tracker [English]
COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Tracker: Sources [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

National Library of Medicine (USA)
COVID-19 Clinical Trials [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

UK Collaborative on Development Research
COVID-19 Research Project Tracker by UKCDR & GloPID-R [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

University of Basel Department of Clinical Research, Stanford University Meta-Research Innovation Center, et al.
COVID-Evidence Database: Find Evidence on Interventions for COVID-19 [English]

  • Topics include: Clinical Studies.

Search Tools

Do not hesitate to contact a librarian for searches related to COVID-19.
Note that the search strategies provided by many of the resources below have not been validated by MUHC librarians.

Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (USA)
CORD-19 Explorer [English]

Australian Library and Information Association
COVID-19 Live Literature Searches [English]

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
COVID-19 Search Strings [English/French]
COVID-19 Grey Literature Resources [English/French]

Fédération des milieux documentaires — Section santé et services sociaux (Asted3S/FMD3s)
COVID-19 [French]
COVID-19 et crises apparentées [French]
Asymptômatiques (contexte COVID-19) [French]
Propagation de la COVID (aérosol vs goutelettes) [French]
Port du masque et autres méthodes barrières (COVID) [French]
Réinfection et immunité (COVID-19) [French]

Medical Library Association (USA)
COVID-19 Literature Searches [English]

PROSPERO: International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (UK)
Protocols Related to COVID-19 [English]

Seton Hall University Library (USA)
COVID-19 Preprint Servers Custom Search [English]

  • Note: This search tool offers access to preprint articles submitted directly by authors before being accepted for publication. Preprints are preliminary articles that have not been certified by peer review.

University of British Columbia (Canada)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) — For Beginners to Experts [English]

University Library Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam — Biomedische Informatie (BMI) (Netherlands)
Search Blocks: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) (COVID-19 SARS MERS) [English]

Search on PubMed
The following search tool is preprogrammed to search your terms combined with a COVID-19 search.

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