Search Information for Science Updates
When utilizing the COVID-19 Science Update search function there are a few nuances to keep in mind to perform the best search possible.
- Updates are sorted Newest to Oldest by default.
- Updates can be filtered by the Month in which they were released.
- The search criteria consist of keywords from each update.
- The title of each article found in the update itself.
- The summary or key findings of each article found in the update.
- Figures or notes pertaining to figures are NOT searchable.
- Wildcards and Boolean searching are NOT allowed
- Generic terms such as “cases”, “deaths”, “COVID-19”, “SARS-CoV-2”, etc. will yield an inflated number of search results due to the amount of times these terms are used. PLEASE BE SPECIFIC in your wording.
- Using single words will yield the best search results, multiple terms are allowed but may yield fewer results due to the specificity of the phrase.