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COVID-19 for the Ada Community

A guide to help the public research COVID-19 using reliable sources.

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Shortcuts and tips for improving basic Google searches: 
  • Search sites or specific domains with site:

coronavirus site:.gov

coronavirus site:cdc.gov

Note: Do not leave any spaces between site: and the search term

  • Use quotation marks to search for phrases or specific words

“lung transplant”

"COVID"

  • Type OR between terms if you want to find either word
  • coronavirus OR COVID
  • Use a minus sign to exclude words
  • COVID -influenza
Use Advanced Search to limit your search by Language, Region, last update, Domain or site, Terms, SafeSearch, Reading level, File type, Usage rights and more.

Find Advanced Search under “Settings”


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Search for pages published during a specific time period using “Tools”
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