Coronavirus Self-Quarantine: Here’s A List Of 8 Online Libraries Providing Free Access

Coronavirus Self-Quarantine: Here’s A List Of 8 Online Libraries Providing Free Access

In the midst of the outbreak of the coronavirus, self-quarantining has become one of the most important steps that you can take for the safety of both yourself and of others. However, being able to isolate yourself completely demands a certain level of resilience and patience. A few academic presses, online libraries, and newspapers have been empathetic to our needs, and have given free access to their online databases for a period of time, just to make it a bit easier for us to cope with the plight of staying indoors for prolonged periods of time. Here’s a list of online databases (online libraries, newspaper articles, academic presses) to stave off your boredom during self-quarantine !

I. Project MUSE

It is an online database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books. Project MUSE contains digital humanities and social science content from over 250 university presses and scholarly societies around the world. In response to the challenges created by the global public health crisis of COVID-19, it has extended its support to participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on their platform.

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).

You can access the site here.

II. Scribd

Scribd an American e-book and audiobook subscription service that includes about one million titles. Scribd hosts 60 million documents on its open publishing platform. It has announced that it would be making its content library available for free for a month.

You can access the site here.

III. Oxford Academic Journals

Oxford University Press has made content from online resources and leading journals freely accessible to assist researchers, medical professionals, policy makers, and others who are working to address this potential health crisis.

You can access the site here.

IV. Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge University Press has also given free access to its higher education textbooks and materials on coronavirus research.

You can access the site here.

V. Wiley

Wiley is providing free access to all published articles related to the coronavirus pandemic. Access to medical and scientific articles includes research from the Journal of Medical Virology, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Zoonoses, Public Health and many more. As new articles are published, they will be made free to access and added to this centralized resource of coronavirus research. These important pieces of literature will remain open until April 2020 and the window of time will be extended per requirement.

You can access the site here.

VI. The New York Times

It is providing free access to the most important news and useful guidance on the coronavirus outbreak to help readers understand the pandemic.

You can access the site here.

VII. Jstor

Jstor has provided free access to 6000 of its e-books and over 150 journals.

You can access the site here.

VIII. Yale University

In the wake of the pandemic, Yale University is offering a free course on the Science of Well-Being online. This course is administered by Professor Laurie Santos, and teaches you how to lead a happy life.

You can access the site here.

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