Resources
 
Books                                                                Journal articles
Theses and dissertations                                  Reference resources
Miscellaneous documents                                 Websites
Research analytics tools                                   Institutions, organizations
Search engines                                                 Referencing tools
                                                                          Open Educational Resources
 
                                                                                          Books

DOAB: Directory of Open access Books   Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary. Subject: chemistry, environment, mathematics, social sciences and more.

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary. Subject: environmental sciences, natural sciences, ecology and more.

Ebook Central (Academic Complete) Restricted Resource Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary. E-books. Subject: environment, chemistry, biology and more.

Springer LINK  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including environment, chemistry, biochemistry, ecology and more.

Wiley Online eBooks  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including environment, ecology, chemistry and physics.
 
                                                                                      Journal articles

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including  environment, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics and more.
 
Annual Reviews  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database of scientific journals.

Cambridge Journals Online (archyvas)  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary. List of 105 magazines in the HSS collection to be subscribed. The database provides access to licensed content, i. full-text articles are available for only a few years (until 2006), summaries of the current year.

eScholarship (University of California, California Digital Library)   openURL
Scientific works, journals, conference materials are presented. Topic: environmental sciences, natural sciences, ecology, forestry, agriculture and more.


Environment Complete  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Database for environmental research. Magazines and monographs covering agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental law, environmental technologies are presented.


 

HighWire Press  Some full text available openURL

Archive of full-text scientific journals. Most open access publications have an embargo period.



Hindawi  Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary database that provides access to more than 300 scientific journals on a variety of topics.

JournalTOCs  Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary database including  envirionmental studies, soil, water resources, ecology and more.

Nature  Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary database including ecology, plant biology, environmental protection and more.   
 
Science and Education Publishing  Some full text available openURL   
Multi-disciplinary database including environmental protection, ecology, plant biology,forestry, agriculture and more. 

SpringerLink  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Provides access to millions of scientific papers from journals, books, protocols, and informational work on a variety of topics.

Taylor & Francis   Some full text available openURL
Multi-disciplinary database including biology and genetics. Subscribed till 31 December, 2007, access is provided to licensed content.

 
                                                                                         Miscellaneous documents
 
Research Management system (VMU CRIS)  Some full text available openURL  
Scientific publications, master theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), university-published e-books and journals, scientists’ profiles, projects and other documents. Some of the works have an embargo period.


The Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa)  Some full text available openURL 
Scientific publications, dissertations and final theses of Lithuanian scientific institutions. Some of the works have an embargo period.
 
                                                                                      Reference resources

Dictionary.com openURL Resource contains audio
Virtual dictionary.
 
                                                                                    Theses and dissertations  

VDU CRIS   Some full text available openURL
University master theses, doctoral dissertations and their summaries in VMU Research Management System (VMU CRIS).


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

Digital Dissertation   Some full text available openURL   
Multidisciplinary. The collection presents dissertations of the University of Munich. Subject: agriculture, biology, botany, ecology, environmental sciences, natural sciences and more.
 
                                                                                             Websites

Environmental News Network  openURL
New about flood risk, ecosystems, climate, energy, pollution, agriculture, green building, green energy and more.
 
                                                                                         Search engines     
 
Scientific publications, master theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), university-published e-books and journals, scientists’ profiles, 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 Library Catalogue  Some full text available openURL 
Books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, sheet music, audio and video recordings, rare and old, e. documents, etc.


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


Academic Index  openURL
Scientific information search system.

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)  Some full text available openURL  Resource contains images Resource contains video 
One of the largest search engines performing search in open access scholarly resources.

FreeFullPDF   Some full text available openURL
Open access scholarly search engine.

Google Books    openURL
Search full text of e-books.
 
                                                                                        Institutions, organizations

FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)  Some full text available openURL  Resource contains images 
 
                                                                                        Research analytics tools       

InCites Benchmarking & Analytics (Clarivate Analytics)  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool.

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

RefWorks  Restricted Resource
RefWorks is a free reference management tool. This tool 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, and to prepare a list of references.

Zotero  openURL
Zotero is a free reference management tool. This tool 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, and to prepare a list of references.
                                                                     Open Educational Resources
 

.edX openURL
The courses are designed for those who are just getting started in e-learning and are looking for strategies for successful online learning, as well as advanced professionals. Free online courses are organized on a wide range of scientific topics, including natural sciences.



Harvard University free online courses openURL
On various topics, including natural sciences.



OpenLearn openURL
Distance courses on various topics, including natural sciences.

MERLOT openURL
The collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific distance learning and support material, content creation tool web pages.



 
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Vilija Juodikienė

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