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Pandemics

Welcome to your introductory guide to researching pandemics and epidemiology. This guide is designed to help you find books, articles, and multimedia materials as they relate to the history, biology, and social impact of global pandemics. For general information on the COVID-19 pandemic, including government information, vaccine information, and information about Montclair State University's response and protocols, check out our COVID-19 Research Guide (linked below).

COVID-19
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A Place to Get Started

Dictionary of Epidemiology by Miquel S. Porta
This reference work provides updated definitions in epidemiology and many related fields such as biostatistics, infectious disease control, health promotion, genetics, clinical epidemiology and health economics.

CQ Researcher: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Detailed report on the history, effects, and outlook of emerging infectious diseases (includes bibliography).
Salem Press: Epidemics and Pandemics
Brief overview of pandemics and epidemics from Magill’s Medical Guide, 8th Edition(bibliography included).
US Census Bureau: Stats in Action: Infectious Diseases
Video describing how scientists use American Community Survey statistics to simulate the spread of disease.