Alternative technologies and platforms have been utilized to help researchers navigate and validate literature during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples include: 1. Rapid PREreview (outbreaksci.prereview.org), an open preprint peer-review platform. 2. PubPeer journal club (pubpeer.com). 3. Active Twitter-based journal clubs. 4. Retraction Watch (retractionwatch.com), which tracks retracted papers and highlights the problem of continued citation of retracted work.