Harold & Wilma Good Library: Core 162: Investigating Epidemics: Primary Sources for Epidemics

Recommended primary sources

First hand accounts of various epidemics can be found through the library catalog by searching for the epidemic followed by the words primary sources.

Examples:

epidemics primary sources

ebolavirus primary sources

The following resources also provide guidance is finding first hand accounts.

Global Health Events Web Archive
Collection of websites archived by the National Library of Medicine related to global health events, including the 2014 and 2016 Ebola outbreaks, Zika virus disease in 2015-2016, and the COVID-19 outbreak. Included are websites and social media of government and non-government organizations, journalists, healthcare workers, and scientists.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
The U.S. National Library of Medicine has a large collection of online resources online including books, films, archival content, and photographs that relate to the history of medicine in the U.S. The NLM is also an excellent resource for researching more modern epidemics. The NLM is also actively collecting material related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Primary Sources: Plagues, Epidemics, & Pandemics
Sources compiled by librarians at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Includes separate pages for primary sources related to AIDS, Cholera, Covid-19, Influenza of 1918, Plague, Polio, Small Pox, Typhoid, and Yellow Fever.
Researching Epidemics in the [Duke University] Rubenstein Library
Sources compiled by librarians at Duke University. Includes separate pages for primary sources related to Yellow Fever, Smallpox, Cholera, Influenza, Polio, Tuberculosis, Malaria, and HIV/AIDS.

Core 162: Investigating Epidemics

Recommended primary sources

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