Research Guides @ Fordham: COVID-19: COVID-19 General Resources

Testing Resources

CDC - Testing for COVID-19
Information on when to test and who should be tested, as well as information on the different types of testing available.

CDC Online News Room RSS Feed

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Infectious Diseases

Library of Congress Call Numbers for Infectious Disease topics:

RC110-216 - Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

Selected Journals on Infectious Disease

Immunity
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1995 - Present
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1992 - 6 years ago
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1904 - 6 years ago
Infection and Immunity
Peer Reviewed
Years available: 1970 - 1 year ago
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Peer Reviewed ; Open Access
Years available: 1995 - Present

Information for Fordham Students, Staff, and Faculty

As of May 15, 2023, Fordham will no longer require members of the University community or visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccinations and boosters will continue to be strongly recommended because they remain very effective in protecting each of us individually from serious illness and death.

Fordham Forward - Latest Updates
University Health Services is no longer offering surveillance testing on campus. Sick and surveillance testing in the trailers at Rose Hill and the South Lounge at Lincoln Center has ended.

Students who are symptomatic should call to make an appointment for testing in University Health Services.

Rose Hill 718-817-4160
Lincoln Center 212-636-7160

Online Resources

NFID: Resource Library
The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' resource library. Includes videos, graphics, and text documents about various infectious diseases across the lifespan.
NCZEID Research Tools
From the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases at the CDC, a collection of tools for public health researchers to study diseases.
CDC Pandemic Influenza Resources
Resources and information on influenza pandemics and how the CDC handles those situations.

Biology and Medical Databases

Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 3rd Edition

Elsevier ScienceDirect. Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 4th Edition, can be found on Credo Reference.
Scopus
Abstract and citation database covering thousands of titles in Science, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Health Science, and Arts & Humanities going back to 1960.
MedlinePlus
The world’s largest medical library, it has free and reliable consumer-oriented health information about diseases, conditions, treatments, drugs, clinical trials, supplements and wellness issues. Produced by the National Library of Medicine NLM.
PubMed/MEDLINE
Over 27 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, online books, and other resources. MEDLINE is the primary component of PubMed. Citations may include links to full-text content in PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Records are indexed with NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®). MEDLINE Citations are included in OneSearch. For more information, see NIH Resources Guide.