Due to the global spreading of the coronavirus COVID-19, publishers temporarily open electronic information resources free of charge. You are very welcome to use them.
Please, note that there is no need to connect to VU computer network for the use of these electronic resources.
Other databases that at present VU is testing and that are here are available through VU VPN service.
AccessMedicine COVID-19 Central – the AccessMedicine channel for the latest information on the COVID-19 global pandemic.
ACS Publications: Chemistry in Coronavirus Research – the collection includes articles from ACS Infectious Diseases, ACS Chemical Biology, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Reviews, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
American Institute of Physics – AIP Publishing has made a collection of articles on infectious diseases, epidemics, and pandemics free to read.
Annals of Internal Medicine – the collection of articles related to coronavirus is freely available.
APA COVID-19 Information and Resources – free access to American Psychological Association (APA) resources on COVID-19.
BMJ Coronavirus (covid-19): Latest news and resources – this page collects all BMJ coverage of the coronavirus outbreak from across the BMJ‘s journals and learning resources.
Cochrane Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources – Cochrane resources and news collection related to COVID-19.
Coronavirus Free Access Collection on Cambridge Core – more than 15 218 resources on coronavirus. The collection is constantly updated.
COVID-19 #Coronavirus DataPack – visualizations of statistical data about COVID-19 from Information Is Beautiful.
COVID-19 Resources & Tools from Wolters Kluwer – resources and tools for clinicians, nurses and medical researchers.
COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv – preprints on COVID-19 from openly available preprint servers.
Emerald Publishing – access to scientific articles on COVID–19, management of epidemics and pandemics.
ERS COVID-19 resource centre – the latest articles from ERS (European Respiratory Society) publications on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
Future Science Group - Infectious Diseases Hub – the latest updates on the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak, powered by Infectious Diseases Hub and partner journals and eCommunities across the Future Science Group family.
IMF (International Monetary Fund) – a list of economic responses governments have taken to limit the social and economic impact of the coronavirus.
Journal of Medical Virology – free access to the special issues on COVID-19.
JoVE COVID-19 Resource – freely available JoVE coronavirus focused content and related resources.
Karger Topic Article Package: Coronavirus (COVID-19) – contains 481 articles on COVID-19 topic.
LitCovid – one of the largest open access repositories; PubMed provides with more than 251 656 scientific articles and data sets on COVID-19.
Marie-Ann Liebert – collection of articles on COVID-19.
Microbiology Society – Microbiology Society has brought together articles from across their portfolio and made this content freely available.
Novel Coronavirus Information Center – here you will find around 63 000 full-text articles in Science Direct platform on (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19.
OUP resources on COVID-19, other coronaviruses, and related topics – Oxford University Press e-resources related to COVID-19 virus.
Ovid – more than 704 000 articles on COVID-19 on Ovid platform.
JAMA Network COVID-19 collection – free access to articles on COVID-19 published by American Medical Association.
New England Journal of Medicine – collection of articles and other resources on the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) – freely available Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection.
Royal Society of Chemistry – free to access RSC coronavirus articles collection.
Royal Society Publishing – publisher provides access to scientific articles and data related to COVID-19 pandemic.
RSNA COVID-19 Resources (Radiological Society of North America) – RSNA's resources related to COVID-19. The collection contains full text articles, COVID-19 cases, RSNA Coronavirus news.
SAGE Coronavirus (COVID-19) Research SAGE provides access to the newest scientific medical research on COVID-19.
Statista – all of Statista’s COVID-19 content is free to Access. Requirement: free registration.
Taylor and Francis – provides free access to resources on COVID-19.
The Lancet COVID-19 Resource Centre – all of The Lancet COVID-19 content is free to access.
WHO COVID-19 Database – World Health Organization is gathering the latest international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19.
Wiley Online Library: Coronavirus Resources & News – the collection of scientific articles and books chapters on coronavirus research freely available to the global scientific community.
Updated 2022-05-23
Information prepared by Rūta Sarmolotovienė, 2020-04-06