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Final theses are prepared according to the APA citation style.
 
Description of the use of text generated by the GDI tool according to APA citation style.
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Vytautas Magnus University Virtual Library is an integral search system that allows searching in the University Library Catalogue, VMU Science Management System (VMU CRIS), Subscribed Databases and global academic open access resources.
 
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Databases
Academic Complete  Restricted Resource Some full text available    
Multi-disciplinary database  including biology, natural sciences, chemistry and more.
 
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)   Restricted Resource Some full text available    
Multi-disciplinary, including environmental science, biology, molecular biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics and more.
 
BioMed Central    
Multi-disciplinary scientific journals. Subject: biology, biotechnology, medicine and more.
 
Bioline International    
Scientific journals on biology topics.
 
Biological & Agricultural Index Plus  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Full-text journals, more than 500 publications. Topic: biology, environmental science, genetics, horticulture, physiology, veterinary medicine, wildlife management.
 
Cogprints    
Archive of articles on topics: biology, ecology, genetics, linguistics, medicine, philosophy, psychology.
 
Free medical Journals    
Collection of scientific journals (biology, chemistry, pharmacy, informatics, history, medicine, dentistry, psychology, nursing, public health, zoology, veterinary medicine).
 
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)    
A catalog of books containing full-text e-books in various fields of science. Books from Vytautas Magnus University are already included in this catalog.     
                                                   
eBooks on ScienceDirect   Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including chemistry, ecology, medicine and more.
 
IEEE Xplore  Restricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains video
Scientific articles, conferences, standards. Subject matter: medicine, biology,engineering and more.

Springer EBooks Collections   Restricted Resource Some full text available 
Multi-disciplinary database including biology, chemistry, biomedicine and more.
 
OAPEN Library      
E-books on biology, chemistry, social sciences.
 
Wiley Online eBooks  Restricted Resource Some full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and more. 

 
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Books. E-books
The handbook of communication science and biology
Floyd, K., redaktorius., Weber, R., redaktorius.
New York, New York ; London : Routledge, (2020)

Nutrition for elite athletes
Rawson, E.S, redaktorius., Volpe, S.L., redaktorius.
Boca Raton : CRC Press, (2016)

Ordinary magic : resilience in development
Masten, A.S.
New York N.Y. ; London : Guilford Press, (2014)
 
Population biology of vector-borne diseases
Drake, J., redaktorius, Bonsall, M., redaktorius, Strand, M., redaktorius
Oxford : Oxford University Press, (2021)
 
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Journals. Newspapers
Genetics (Online)
Genetics Society of America.

Immunology (Online)
British Society for Immunology.
Oxford : Blackwell Science Ltd.,
 
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Reference works
Animal Diversity Web  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains audio
Encyclopedia.
 
Britannica Online  Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
Encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia.com     Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
A virtual encyclopedia that allows you to search over 200 individual encyclopedias and reference books.

 
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Theses. Dissertations
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Datasets
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Search engines
Academic Index   
Scientific information search system. 
 
BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)       
One of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources.
 
FreeFullPDF    
Open access scholarly search engine.
 
Google Scholar   
Search engine providing search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other websites.
 
Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa)  
This search gate is an integrated search system allowing search in Lithuanian academic libraries and other databases.
 
 OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)   
The quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. Peer-reviewed articles, conference proceedings, books, course material, audio-visual recordings, research data, unpublished works, publications, reports, doctoral or master 's theses, etc.

ScienceResearch.com    
Scientific information search system. 
 
WorldWideScience.org    
Global search engine in national and international scientific databases.

 
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Other resources
FAO (The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)  
 
International Union of Biological Sciences 
The International Union of Biological Sciences ( IUBS ) is a non-profit organization and non-governmental organization  that promotes biological sciences internationally
 
Scite Prenumeruojama
The artificial intelligence-powered platform that helpst researchers better discover and evaluate scientific articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contradicting evidence.