Resources
 
Books 


Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Art, architecture, creative industries, antiques, landscape design, photography.

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection
Multi-disciplinary database including art, architecture, theatre.

Ebook Central
Multi-disciplinary database including art, architecture, music, theatre, photography.

De Gruyter eBooks
Book "Contemporary Curating and Museum Education"

MetPublications
Books on art history.

OAPEN
Books in social sciences and humanities, including art history, styles, architecture, cinema, and more.
 
Journal articles 
 

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
Multi-disciplinary database, including art, architecture, cultural heritage, cinema.

Cambridge Core (Humaities and Social Sciences kolekcija)
Humanities and social sciences, including architecture, design, theatre. List of subscribed journals.

JSTOR (Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV collections)  
Multi-disciplinary database, including architecture, art, cinema, theatre. List of subscribed journals.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)
Multi-disciplinary database, including architecture, music, theatre, art, cinema, photography.

„Meno istorija ir kritika / Art History and Criticism“ openURL Some full text available
Scholarly journal specialising in the academic research and reviews in the fields of art history, criticism, and cultural heritage.

„Menotyra“ openURL Some full text available
The journal publishes original papers and sources in the fields of art history, musicology and theatre studies related to Central and Eastern European arts.

Oxford Journal collection
Multi-disciplinary database, including art history, music, design, art, aesthetics. List of subscribed journals.

Wiley Online Library
Subscribed journals: „Architectural Design“, International Journal of Art and design Education“ , Museum Anthropology“
 
Miscellaneous documents   
 
Art Appreciation 
Art awareness course material from Lumen Open Education Resources. It thoroughly investigates how quality is determined and created by artists in order to evaluate and appreciate art on a deeper level. The course then covers different periods in art history, different techniques in art, and how to research and evaluate art.

Dexigner
The latest design news, events, competitions, and book reviews. The leading online portal for designers, architects, illustrators, and creatives of all kinds.

ePaveldas
Database of cultural heritage objects (works of art, books, newspapers, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings) digitized by libraries, archives and museums.

Europeana
Digital library providing free access to books, newspapers, images, films, maps and other documents from Europe’s leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums.

Lituanistika
International research database providing bibliographic records, abstracts and full-text documents about the past and present of the Lithuanian state, society, culture, nation and language. 

World Digital Library
The digital archive contains manuscripts, books, journals, maps, photographs, films, music from the world's libraries and archives.
 
Reference resources 
 

Encyclopaedia Britannica openURL

HASSET openURL
E-dictionary of humanities and social sciences.
 
Theses and dissertations 
 
 
VMU ETD  Some full text available openURL
University master theses, doctoral dissertations and their summaries in VMU Research Management System (VMU CRIS).

eLABa  Some full text available openURL
Final theses and doctoral dissertations of Lithuanian higher education institutions in the Lithuanian e-academic library.


DART-Europe Some full text available openURL
E-theses and dissertations containing over 800,000 open access papers from 619 universities in 28 European countries.



Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)  Some full text available openURL
Final theses of world science and study institutions.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)   Some full text available openURL
Final theses of world science and study institutions. OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.

Open Dissertations (EBSCO)  Some full text available openURL
More than 1.2 million e-theses and dissertations from around the world (from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day).
 
Websites 
 

Art History Resources openURL
Links to art history resources.

awwwards. openURL
Links to websites of architecture, art, animation, photography, design.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre openURL
The website, where you will find the main documents of the World Heritage Convention, a list of cultural and natural heritage values, etc.

Web Gallery of Art openURL
European fine arts and architecture (3rd-19th centuries), containing over 48.600 reproductions. Artist biographies, commentaries, guided tours, period music, catalogue, free postcard and mobile services are provided.

World Wide Arts Resources
This website offers visual artists effective art marketing opportunities , provide in-depth, expert and true insight into how to promote and sell your own art online and offline, gives you the tools to promote your own art, has quick video blogs and great podcasts created for active visual artists.
 
Search engines 
 

ResearchManagementSystem (VMU CRIS) openURL Some full text available
Scientific publications, master theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), university-published e-books and journals, scientistsprofiles, projects and other documents. Some of the works have an embargo period. 

VMU Virtual Library openURL
An integrated one-stop search system that allows searching the University Library catalog, VMU Science Management System (VMU CRIS), subscribed databases, Lithuanian Academic Library (eLABa) and global academic open access resources. Some of the works have an embargo period. 

 VMU Course Reading Catalogue openURL
 Information resources recommended for study modules. You can search by study module code or title. 

Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa) openURL
Scientific publications, dissertations and final theses of Lithuanian scientific institutions. Some of the works have an embargo period.
 
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) openURL
One of the largest search engines performing search in open access scholarly resources.

FindSounds openURL Resource contains audio
A search engine capable of finding a variety of sounds, divided into several groups: animals, birds, festive (e.g. Christmas bell), household appliances, insects, nature, noise, office, people, sports and leisure, TV and movies, vehicles and other various sounds.

Google Scholar openURL
A scientific information search engine that searches for articles, dissertations, books, etc., published by scientific publishers, professional associations, universities and other research institutions.

JURN Directory openURL
An organised links directory for the arts & humanities, listing selected open access or otherwise free e-journals.
 
Institutions, organisations 
 
Department of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture openURL

Institute of Art Research openURL

Lithuanian Artists‘ Association openURL
 
Research analytics tools 
 
 InCites Journals and Highly Cited Data (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool.

Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool.
 
Referencing tools 


Mendeley
Reference management tool that allows to save bibliographic references of information sources; to organize them into folders according to topics or other features, to edit them and perform a record search; to compile lists of references according to different citation styles; to use Mendeley’s Citation Plugin in the MS Word program to insert references to sources in the text.

RefWorks Restricted Resource
Reference management tool that allows to save bibliographic references of information sources; to organize them into folders according to topics or other features, to edit them and perform a record search; to compile lists of references according to different citation styles; to use Write-N-Cite tool for citing and referencing in the MS Word program to insert references to sources in the text.

Zotero
Reference management tool that allows to save bibliographic references of information sources; to organize them into folders according to topics or other features, to edit them and perform a record search; to compile lists of references according to different citation styles; to use Zotero plugin in the MS Word program to insert references to sources in the text.
 
Open educational resources
 

SkillshareopenURL
Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. On Skillshare, members come together to find inspiration and take the next step in their creative journey.


edXopenURL

Learn new knowledge and skills in a variety of ways, from engaging video lectures and dynamic graphics to data visualizations and interactive elements. edX courses and programs provide a space to practice with quizzes, open response assessments, virtual environments, and more.

H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences OnlineopenURL
The International Consortium creates and coordinates networks with the common goal of improving teaching and research in the arts, humanities and social sciences through the use of new content management and communication technologies. 9 networks dedicated to art and art history have been created. Catalogues of academic book publishers, multimedia material, discussions, reports.

MERLOTopenURL
The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material.

OER CommonsopenURL
Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for systemic change in teaching and learning content through engaging educators in new participatory processes and effective technologies for engaging with learning.

OpenLearnopenURL
OpenLearn is a trailblazer for the provision of high quality open educational resources (OER) at scale and breadth, for free and accessible to all. From 1 to 100 hours of learning – discover hundreds of free courses to inspire and inform everyone.

 
Consultant

Giedrė Vilėniškytė

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