Expanded Library Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic

Expanded/Free Resources for NJCU Users
NJCU users get free access to expanded and extended resources from publishers and database providers in light of COVID-19 pandemic. The following databases have been added to Library Databases by Title.

HeinOnline Academic: Covers research topics in political science, legal research, history, criminal justice, religious studies, women’s studies, business and economics. Complimentary from the provider till the end of fall 2020 semester in light of COVID-19 pandemic.
JSTOR: JSTOR expanded resources (including freely available for libraries of participating institutions to help students through June 2021 due to COVID-19).
Artstor (Artstor provides NJCU users with expanded and complimentary resources through December 31, 2020 in light of COVID-19 pandemic.)
Project MUSE: Project MUSE provides extra free content from participating publisher. NJCU users can access the resources here through library database search. Each publisher designates the specific content and for how long it will be freely available on MUSE. Find the updated list here.
ProQuest: Added a free Coronavirus Research Database

Free Resources for All Users

Books:
- National Emergency Library: Created by the Internet Archive, the National Emergency Library loans digitized books to the world during the global COVID-19 pandemic through June 30, 2020. Users can sign up to check out up to 10 books at a time. It has a 2.5 million books that are in public domain. Browse the collection for more information.
- Library of Congress Open Access Books
- Hathitrust: Temporary emergency access for members to 220,000 print titles in addition to the millions of existing open-access books. Read Harthitrust announcement here.
- Ohio State University Press Publications: Free access to monographs and textbooks in COVID-19 crisis.
- VitalSource: Textbooks from such major publishers as McGraw-Hill, Taylor and Francis, and Routledge. Individual login needed; limited to seven titles. VitalShource helps and FAQ.
- Redshelf: Hundreds of e-textbooks for both students and faculty; NJCU is a participating institution. Individual login needed; limited to seven titles.
- Gale: Open access to resources for teaching and learning (free registration required).

Free Access to Quality Corona Virus Research from Publishers and Online Database Providers

New England Journal of Medicine
PubMed
Science
Science Direct (Elsevier)
Springer Nature
Brookings: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics
Cambridge University Press: Coronavirus Free Access Collection
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Coronavirus Hits Campus
FDA: resources page containing updates, town hall meetings, news, press releases, and the like.
Financial Times: Coroavirus tracked: the latest figures
Harvard Business Review: special coronavirus coverage
LexisNexis: legal news and analysis on COVID-19
Library of Congress: Coronavirus Resource Guide (U.S. legislation, presidential actions, state government orders and actions, congressional reports, and more)
National Academies Press: Coronavirus Resources Collection
The New Yorker: The Coronavirus Crisis
Oxford Academic Journals: University Press: Resources on COVID-19 and related topics
RAND Corporation: COVID-19 website
Sage has established a microsite on this disease.
Taylor and Francis: COVID-19 content
University of Chicago Press: coronavirus research section (scroll to bottom of the page)

Others

Booklist: Free until further notice
Library Journal: Please enter the following credentials for temporary free access to full online access:
- Login: access@libraryjournal.com; Password: LJfullaccess1
LibraryThing
Publishers Weekly Free for the duration of COVID-19 crisis
Audio Books:
- Audible: Free audiobooks of classics and fairy tales for children and teens for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. Audiobooks are available in six languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Japanese.

Last updated: 12/18/2020

Created: 3/26/2020