Research Guides: Sociology of Pandemics (Whooley): Home

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Lori Townsend

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Subjects: Africana Studies, American Studies, Women & Gender Studies

Timelines

CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline (CDC)
Focuses on health and politics, and events directly related to the disease.
A Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic (NYTimes)
A balanced timeline, especially useful for national and international news, as well as general coverage in most areas.
Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts (CNN)
A good timeline for major events with brief descriptions.
Coronavirus timeline: Tracking the critical moments of Covid-19 (NBC)
Nicely designed, includes popular culture events as well as balanced coverage of health/business/national/international.

Suggested databases

Global Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Articles from international, national, and regional newspapers, newswires, and news sites. It includes access to major United States newspapers, such as, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. Coverage 1980-present.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides access to ethnic minority topics and viewpoints from journals, newspapers, reports, conference papers, and dissertations. Ethnic categories include African American/Caribbean/African, Arab/Middle Eastern, Asian/Pacific Islander, European/Eastern European, Hispanic, Jewish and Native People. Subject coverage: culture, religion, independent presses, ethnic studies, human rights, activism. Coverage: 1964-present.
ProQuest Current Newspapers This link opens in a new window
News articles from local, national, and international news sources, which include major newspapers (e.g. New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times). Also includes articles from ethnic and gender news sources. Coverage: 1980-present.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary resource contains access to scholarly journals, book reviews, magazine articles, newspaper articles, books, videos, and trade publications in English and a wide variety of other languages. This resource is a great place to start research. Coverage: 1887-present

Magazines

Magazines are a good source for longer form reporting than newspapers. This list below is just a starting place. To check if the library has access to the full-text of a magazine:

Start at the library home page (library.unm.edu).
Click on the "Journals" button.
Enter the title of the magazine in the search box.

The Atlantic
General interest magazine with excellent coronavirus and health coverage.
Business Week
Weekly business news, good international reporting.
Economist (browse issues)
Business, politics, and international news. For full-text access, search the library catalog for the title of the article.
Forbes
Business and related topics such as technology and politics
New Yorker
Weekly magazine with news, culture, in-depth reporting.
Time
Weekly general news coverage.