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Art
Art history
Creative industries
Cultural heritage
Media art
Music production
Theatre

Final theses are prepared according to the Chicago (Notes and bibliography method) citation style.
 
Description of the use of text generated by the GDI tool according to Chicago (Notes and bibliography method) citation style.

Research Assistant VL	Research Assistant – an AI tool in the VMU virtual library. It responds to user queries by analyzing sources indexed in the virtual library and provides them with citations indicating the source of each part of the response.
ChatGPT	An AI language model that generates human-like responses to queries. It can be used to create teaching materials, personalize the learning process and develop students critical thinking skills. The free version has limitations (e.g., limited DALL-E – a model for translating text into images – functions), while the paid version provides access to the latest and more powerful models (e.g., GPT-5 Pro) and faster response generation.
Elicit	An AI research assistant that helps review literature and academic works, systematize data, automate article selection and extract data. The free version offers unlimited searches, summaries and reports (up to 4 documents at a time), while in the paid "Plus" / "Pro" versions, the number of abstracts increases to 8 documents at a time and unlimited export of data tables to CSV/BIB/RIS formats, more detailed document previews and notifications with the latest information on research in the selected field are also provided.
Gemini	An AI language model that generates human-like responses to queries. "Deep Research" allows you to browse websites, analyze information and create detailed reports, while "Gemini Live" allows you to create learning plans, topic summaries and practice presentations. The paid versions, "Google AI Pro" and "Google AI Ultra", provide access to the more powerful "2.5 Pro" model, more accurate and faster "Deep Research", video generation with "Veo 3" and more options with the "NotebookLM" research and writing assistant.
Keenious	An AI academic research tool designed to help students and researchers find scientific literature. It analyzes the uploaded document and, using interdisciplinary methods, recommends similar or related scientific articles. Provides access to more than 250 million academic works. The free version provides access to all search results and unlimited chats, while the paid version provides full access with a university or organization license (access for students/employees, interface with library resources, training and webinars offered).
Litmaps	A tool for scientific literature research. Creates a visual map of academic literature, finds related sources on a selected topic from more than 270 million resources. The free version provides access to basic search, up to 20 queries and 2 visual maps, while the paid "Pro" and "Teams" versions offer advanced search and an unlimited number of articles and visual maps to analyze.
Perplexity	AI search engine and chatbot. Provides links to sources used for the answer and related thematic questions. The free version offers basic search, limited "Pro" and file upload features (up to 3 files per day), while the paid version provides access to more powerful AI models, unlimited visual generation, file uploads and analysis.
Research Rabbit	AI tool for academic research and literature reviews. Categorizes academic works into thematic sections (collections), creates an interactive visual map based on the selected topic and shows citation tendencies for academic works. All available features are free of charge.
SciSpace	AI assistant that helps manage, write and publish academic works, analyze and visualize data and create websites or presentations.  The free version offers up to 30 query views, 5 bibliography downloads, suggestions and integrated spell checking, while the paid versions, "Researcher" and "Teams", offer unlimited queries and downloads, security and faster support.
Scite	An AI platform that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles using smart citations. Evaluates the reliability and impact of scientific articles, discovers important and contradictory evidence, improves research results. The free version offers a DI assistant function, full-text search, citation reports, while the paid version provides full access with a university or organization license (more powerful DI models and their capabilities, data export and analysis, higher security and confidentiality levels).
Semantic Scholar	An AI academic research search engine that uses machine learning to identify connections, relevance and key findings in scientific articles. All available features are free of charge.

 

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

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

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection   
Multi-disciplinary database including media art, music, cinema, creative industries.

Cambridge Core   
Humanities, social sciences including architecture, music, theatre. List of subscribed journals.

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

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.  

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

Taylor & Francis   
Multi-disciplinary database including architecture, media art, music, theatre. List of subscribed journals. Access to articles since 1997.

Wiley Online Library   
Multi-disciplinary database including architecture and planning, applied art, anthropology. Access to 1700 Wiley journals in all subject areas till 23 September 2020.
 

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Cloud-based music production : sampling, synthesis, and hip-hop
Shelvock, M. T. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis (2020)

Distortion of music production : the soul of sonics
Bromham, G., & Moore, A. Routledge, Taylor and Francis group (2023)

3D audio
Paterson, J., & Hyunkook, L. Routledge, Taylor & Francis (2022)

The creative electronic music producer
Brett, T. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2021)

Innovation in music : future opportunities
Hepworth-Sawyer, R., Paterson, J., & Toulson, R. Routledge (2021)

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American cinematographer : the international journal of film & digital production techniques

Teatrologiniai eskizai
Biennial peer reviewed academic journal was established in order to provide young theatre scholars with an opportunity to present their research to a wider academic community. The journal  consists of academic papers by young and senior scholars of the Department of Theatre Studies of the Faculty of Arts at Vytautas Magnus University. Essential aim of the journal is to analyze the main tendencies of Lithuanian theatre development and its esthetic, social as well as political and institutional aspects within the framework of the most recent research methodologies. 

Meno istorija ir kritika / Art History and Criticism
Scholarly journal specialising in the academic research and reviews in the fields of art history, criticism, and cultural heritage.

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awwwards. 
Recognize and promote the talent and effort of the best developers, designers and web agencies in the world.
 
Digital Arts     
Graphic design, 3D, animation, video recordings, interactive design art.
 
Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) 
Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe. Among subjects you can find fine arts / performing arts.

Encyclopaedia Britannica   

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. 

HASSET 
E-dictionary of Humanities and Social sciences.

Symbols.com .  
World's largest online encyclopaedia of symbols, signs, ideograms, glyphs and flags - organized by culture, country, religion, and more.

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


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.

 

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Dissertations and thesis in VMU research management system

Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa)
Scientific publications, dissertations and final theses of Lithuanian scientific institutions. Some of the works have an embargo period.

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.

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

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 BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
One of the largest search engines performing search in open access scholarly resources.
 
DART-Europe   
E-theses and dissertations containing over 800,000 open access papers from 619 universities in 28 European countries.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) 
 
FindSounds   
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 
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 
An organised links directory for the arts & humanities, listing selected open access or otherwise free e-journals.
 
 

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Skillshare
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.

Worldwide 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.
 
 Lithuanian Artists’ Association (LAA)

Lithuanian Photographers Association