In March of 2020, the United States followed various other countries who were experiencing a growing number of citizens contracting COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic altered everyone's life, regardless of who they were and what they did. Over the past two years, the
Library of Congress has been capturing coronavirus web content to create a
Coronavirus Web Archive for the public. Its purpose is to represent how people and institutions around the world have responded to the pandemic.
Archive Highlights
The Library of Congress, as a member of the International Internet Preservation Consortium, has collected various sites and subject areas including "government information, social and cultural impacts, scientific material, personal narratives, and everyday life." Other subjects include: economics and labor; arts and culture; public and social policy; education; psychology; sports and recreation; and religion. It even has a "sample of coronavirus content from Asia, South America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania." Sites started being collected in March of 2020 when the pandemic began and are continuing to be collected now in 2022. The material is not only in in English but also includes Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Tagalog, Japanese, and many more.
Below are some websites that are being collected:
U.S. Department of Education: COVID-19 Resources for Schools, Students, and Families
- Guides for Elementary and Secondary Education
- Guides for Special Education
- CDC Guidance for School Settings
- Access to American Rescue Plan Funds
Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium- Educate and advocate for African Americans to reduce COVID-19
- Offer mobile COVID-19 testing & vaccination
- Based in Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Help independent restaurants and bars who are affected by COVID-19
- Advocate for funding and relief funds
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
- Public Policy Think Tank
- Shares information regarding policy
- Collected in May of 2020
- Promoting mental health, well-being, and social change
View the entire collection
here and read more about the subjects it offers.
More Federal COVID Resources
There are a number of federal resources available regarding COVID-19. The first to highlight is the Center for Disease Control, which is the country's "leading science-based, data-drive, service organization that protects the public's health." It's
COVID-19 page discusses vaccines, data, isolation updates, and resources for healthcare workers.
The next resource is
COVID.org. The site focuses solely on COVID-19 and offers resource over almost anything COVID related. It discusses masks, treatments, vaccines, testing, and topics like travel and air ventilation.
The final resource highlighted is
Vaccines.gov. It's purpose is to "make COVID-19 vaccination easy and accessible to everyone."
Other LOC Collections
The Library of Congress has other web archive collections that hold content related to the Coronavirus Web Archive.
This archive contains general news site with stories of national interest for all audiences.
This archive holds various websites from different viewpoints on many American public policy topics.
This archive collects websites of major companies that have appeared on the Fortune 500 list.
With the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years, information and resources regarding COVID-19 have increased tremendously. The
Oklahoma State University Library offers the following:
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Eager to know more? Start here.
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