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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)



Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)


Catalogue containing full-text e-books from academic publishers, among which Vytautas Magnus University Press as well. Topics include history of philosophy, the most famous philosophers and their works.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)


Multi-disciplinary database including different kinds of philosophy.
eBooks on ScienceDirect
Database on humanities and social sciences including philosophy, ethics, logic, religion and more.
KTU eBooks
Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy studies. List of e-books.
MRU eBooks


E-Books on humanities and social sciences: manuals and other study materials and monographs in Lithuanian. Books can be read online. If you want to download and read books, you have to register and download program iPublishCentral Reader.
OAPEN Library


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy studies.
Online Books Page


Multi-disciplinary database with access to more than 3 million books. Topics include philosophy, ethics, religion.
Vilnius University eBooks


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy studies. Instruction.
Athena: philosophical studies
An annual philosophical journal issued by the Department of Contemporary Philosophy of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute.
The purpose of the journal is to provide a non-formal platform for high quality research in contemporary philosophy. “Athena: Philosophical
Studies” publishes original scholarly articles and research papers devoted to all kinds of problems in contemporary philosophy.
Cambridge Core (Humanities and Social Sciences Collection)


Multi-disciplinary database including ethics, philosophy, religion. List of e-books.
Cambridge Journals Online (archive)


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy, religion and more.
Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)


Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in humanities and social sciences, including history of philosophy, philosophers and more. Registration required. Some resources are full text.
Cogprints


Archive of articles covering various topics, including philosophy.
Electronic Journals Library


The library of e-journals prepared by Regensburg University (Germany) Library. Topics include of philosophy branches and directions.
Foucault Studies


Žurnalas, skirtas prancūzų filosofo Michelio Foucault darbams nagrinėti. Pasiekiami žurnalo numeriai nuo 2004 m.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)


Database on humanities including philosophy, ethics, religion and more
Erudit Journals



Over 150 scientific and cultural journals in various fields are presented. Current topics: philosophy, demography, psychology, sociology, religion, women's studies.
eScholarschip (California Digital Library)
A repository of scientific journals in various fields, final theses and conference proceedings. Topics include philosophy, religion, ethics, aesthetics, logic.
Filosofija. Sociologija / Philosophy. Sociology


Original research articles in the fields of philosophy and sociology. Philosophical and sociological articles are published as separate issues of the journal. The philosophical issues cover, but are not restricted to, the following topics: history of philosophy, epistemology, phenomenology, cultural studies, etc.
Focault Studies
International journal in the English language devoted to the work and influence of the thinker Michel Foucault, often listed as the most cited contemporary author within the human and social sciences. Issues available since 2004.
HathiTrust Digital Library
A collection of over a million titles from around the world. Provides scientific information on philosophy topics.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)


Database on humanities including philosophy, religion, ethics, aesthetics, logic.
JSTOR


Multi-disciplinary database including where you will find scientific publications about philosophy. Subscribed Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV collections. List of subscribed journals.
Kant Studies Online
The peer-rewied journal devoted to the study of Kant's philosophy.
Logos


The journal is mainly devoted to scholarly studies in all areas of philosophy. The journal also publishes Lithuanian translations of important philosophical texts. Scholarly articles on religion, art, and general cultural issues are also accepted.
MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)



Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy. Photographs and maps are also available.
Oxford Journals Collection


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy. List of subscribed journals.
Problemos


Phlosophical journal publishing original scholarly articles and research papers devoted to all kinds of problems in philosophy. The journal also publishes translations of the original texts, book reviews, and the chronicle of academic life. The submissions are subject to double-blind peer-review by two scholars.
SAGE Journals Online


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy. List of subscribed journals.
ScienceDirect


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy. Subscribed journals Freedom Collection. Some resources have open access.
Science Research.com
Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy, religion, ethics, aesthetics, logic.
SpringerLink


Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy. List of subscribed 2048 journals, archive.
Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)


Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in humanities and social sciences, including history of philosophy, philosophers and more. Registration required. Some resources are full text.
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.
Europeana





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

Encyclopaedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language online encyclopaedia.
Dictionary of Philosophy


A guide to antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times.
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names


A concise dictionary of philosophical terms and personal names.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


An online dictionary of philosophy, launched in 1995, meets the highest academic standards.
Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy


Comparison of topics in the most important encyclopaedias and dictionaries of philosophy on the internet is presented.
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.
EBSCO Open Dissertations


More than 1.2 million e-theses and dissertations from around the world (from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day).
eLABa ETD


Final theses and doctoral dissertations of Lithuanian higher education institutions in the Lithuanian e-academic library.
DART-Europe E-theses Portal
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)


Final theses of world science and study institutions.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)


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.
History of Philosophy without any gaps



The website is designed to provide an overview of the main philosophers, as well as the ideas, lives and historical context of lesser-known philosophers, thinkers.
VMU CRIS
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

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

Books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, sheet music, audio and video recordings, rare and old, e. documents, etc.
VMU Course Reading Catalogue

Information resources recommended for study modules. You can search by study module code or title.
Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa)

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


Directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journals. Topics include philosophy, religion, culture, ethics and more.
FreeFullPDF


Scholarly search engine including different branches of philosophy, biographies and more.
Google Scholar


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

An Al-powered research platform. Scite analyzes and provides citation context for scientific papers, helping researchers evaluate the credibility and impact of scholarly articles.
InCites Journals and Highly Cited Data (Clarivate Analytics)


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


Customized, citation-based research analytics tool.
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


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.
Alison

One of the largest free learning websites devoted to education and skills development, covering a wide array of disciplines such as philosophy, politics, law, business, education, history, literature, and public administration.
Cousera

Distance education is offered by universities and institutions on a variety of topics, such as philosophy, psychology, law, politics, administration, and more. With over 5,800 training courses available, participants can earn professional certificates and degrees. The offers include e-books, statistics, case studies, seminars, and other educational resources.
edX

A platform offering a variety of distance courses and learning programs, providing information on philosophy, European politics, law, public administration, international relations, communication, and more.
Harvardo universiteto nemokami internetiniai kursai

Harvard University's open access online courses on a wide range of topics including philosophy, politics, economics, law, history, education, arts, literature, public administration, and more.
H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online

A network created by an international consortium with the shared objective of improving teaching and research in the arts, humanities, and social sciences through the implementation of advanced content management and communication technologies. It contains a lot of useful information on philosophy, law, politics, education, history, pedagogy, art, and more.
Merlot

A website that offers tens of thousands of discipline-specific distance learning resources, covering subjects such as philosophy, law, psychology, public policy, public administration, politics, communication, and other topics.
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course)

Distance courses on various scientific topics, including philosophy, psychology, law, politics and more.
OER Commons

A library of open educational resources, providing access to collections of open resources and other educational products that can be downloaded, shared, and adapted to your own studies.
OpenLearn

Distance courses on a variety of topics, including philosophy, law, psychology, education, public policy, history, literature, art, and more.
OpenStax

Books and textbooks covering a diverse array of scientific fields aimed at fostering distance teaching and learning opportunities. The content covers various subjects, including philosophy, politics, law, education, communication, public administration and more.
Pressbooks Directory

Books and textbooks covering a diverse array of scientific fields aimed at fostering distance teaching and learning opportunities. The content covers various subjects, including philosophy, politics, history, public administration and more.
Stanford

Stanford University's free online courses offer the opportunity to study new subjects, including philosophy, politics, business, public policy, public administration, law, philosophy, education, history, literature, engineering, and more.

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