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CREDIBLE EVIDENCE CURATED BY EXPERTS & MEDICAL LIBRARIANS

• LitCOVID - A curated literature hub at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject; provides a central access to 950 (and growing) peer-review research articles in PubMed. Articles are updated daily and further categorized by different topics and geographic locations for improved access.
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Pathfinder for Beginners to Experts
• UofT Libraries: COVID-19 (2019 Novel Coronavirus) Information Guide
• McMaster Health Forum: Guide to COVID-19 Evidence Sources
• UHN Library: Covid-19 Emerging Evidence
• University of Michigan: COVID-19 Best Evidence "Front Door" - in a single search, access 364+ COVID-19 related meta-analyses, reviews and guidelines from 61+ reputable sources, including Cochrane Collaboration, the CDC, the U.K. National Institute for Clinical Excellence, and professional societies.
• Public Health Ontario: COVID-19 Health Care Resources
• Canadian Medical Association: COVID-19 Update - curated updates from the Public Health Agency of Canada, provincial and territorial medical associations, and the Chief Public Health Officer’s Health Professional Forum (CPHO)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Grey Literature Resources -  A curated list of evidence-based sources for health professionals and researchers

RESOURCES FROM BIOMEDICAL PUBLISHERS

• New England Journal of Medicine: Coronavirus articles
• UpToDate: COVID-19
• UpToDate: Coronaviruses
• Oxford: COVID-19 Evidence Service - publishing Rapid Reviews on a host of questions
• Wolters Kluwer: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Resources
• DynaMed: COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) - point of care resource on COVID-19
• EBSCO: COVID-19 Resource Page 
• Lancet: COVID-19 Resource Centre
• Wiley: Covid-19: Novel Coronavirus Outbreak - most recent articles on COVID-19
• JAMA: About the 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV)
• Cochrane Library: COVID-19 Resources
• Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center

PRE-PRINT RESOURCES*

• WHO: Global Research on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 
• medRxiv.org - medRxiv is a pre-print server for health sciences literature.
• Open Science Framework (OSF) - search hundreds of ongoing and pre-print research projects. 
• preVIEW: COVID-19 

*Please be advised that pre-prints are pre-publication reports that have not been peer-reviewed. Pre-prints should not be relied on to guide clinical practice and should not be claimed as established medical evidence.

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

• ECHO Care of the Elderly for LTC: COVID-19 - Project ECHO Care of the Elderly is a telehealth, case-based learning program run by Baycrest and North East Specialized Geriatric Centre (NESGC). This session focuses on building resiliency in LTC team members during COVID-19.
• BC Centre for Disease Control: COVID-19 Clinical Care - Treatment guidance and information on caring for patients in hospital settings and patients with underlying health conditions during COVID-19.
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario: Virtual Teaching Resources - Ideas, tips and tools to support online learning of clinical learners due to reduction of in-person learning activities as a result of the pandemic.

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