eResources Spotlight: Lexis Advance: COVID-19: Resources and Search Tips

The following tips and resources are offered to help with that process using Lexis Advance.

GENERAL SEARCHING ON COVID-19

Lexis Advance®: “covid-19” or coronavirus or (corona /5 virus)

• Set up Alerts: Search “Everything” and expand “Select Category” to set up in desired content types.

Declaration of the current pandemic and past pandemics

Find information on both current and past declarations of pandemics. Pandemics were declared with a number of previous illness including swine flu, avian flu, H1N1, and more.

Lexis Advance: Expand “Select Categories” to view results by content type. Use filters to refine.

• declar! /10 pandemic
• infectious or contagious or communicable /s disease /p procedure or policy   
• Pandemic /p policy or procedure

LEGISLATION

Lexis Advance: (public law enacted on 3/6/20)

• Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 (public law enacted on 3/6/20)
• Stay on top of new legislation introduced/enacted at the Federal or State level, run the following search: “covid-19” or coronavirus or (corona /5 virus) 
• Save the search as an Alert for automatic updates.

Links to specific Lexis Advance content:

• Covid-19 Law360 legal analysis
• Covid 19 Scientific and Medical (note filtered results)
• Covid-19 Admin Agency Materials
• Covid-19 Admin Codes and Regulations

ARTICLES

News on coronavirus and the legal industry from major publications (Links are auto-updating and sorted by most recent):

• The Washington Post®, New York Times®, and Wall Street Journal®
• Law360 and New York Law Journal®

Legal News – Issues and Ramifications for the Law:

• Corona Virus- Legal Ramifications
• Contractual Force Majeure and Covid-19 in New York
• Court Enforcing Quarantines

Legal News -Economy and Hiring:

• Impact of Potential Recessions in 2020
• How Big Law Will Handle Corona Virus? Look to China
• Corona Virus Threatens Hiring and Promotions
• Law360 Expert Analyses

Law Review Articles on Pandemics:

• Public Health Emergencies of International Concern: Global, Regional, and Local Responses to Risk
• Quarantine and the Federal Role in Epidemics, 71 SMU L. Rev. 391 (2018)

Website: Elsevier Novel Coronavirus Information Center

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