Education

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Educology
Preschool Education
Pedagogy
Primary Education
Didactic Systems
Educational Management
Educational Strategies
Educational Technologies

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Research Assistant VL	An AI tool that uses large language models (LLMs). Allows to explore academic content, analyzes a large portion of the information resources indexed in the Virtual Library and selects five documents that may be most useful. For more information, click here.
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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eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)  
Multi-disciplinary database including communication, education.

Ebook Central (Academic Complete)   
Multi-disciplinary database including education.

JSTOR Collections   
Multi-disciplinary database including law, history, politics, cultural studies, education and more. Subscribed Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV collections. List of subscribed journals.

Education Source (EBSCO Publishing)  
Multi-disciplinary database including where you will find scientific information about education policy.

eBooks on ScienceDirect   
Multi-disciplinary database including cultural studies, psychology, education.

De Gruyter eBooks   
Multi-disciplinary database including – education. List of eBooks.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)   
Catalogue containing open access books from academic publishers, among which Vytautas Magnus University Press as well.

ScienceDirect eBooks  
Multi-disciplinary datebase including psychology, sociology, education.

SAGE Journals Online   
Multi-disciplinary database including medical law, criminology. List of subscribed journals.

Science Direct  
Multi-disciplinary database including culture studies, philology, education and more. List of subscribed journals.

Taylor & Francis  
Multi-disciplinary database including linguistics, and cultural studies, economics, education, social work and other. List of subscribed journals. Access to articles since 1997. Some resources have open access.

 

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Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia   
An academic journal examining theoretical and methodological issues of education.

Applied Technologies and Innovations  
A journal that covers continuum of subjects related to applied sciences, including education.

Cambridge Core (Humanities and Social Sciences Collections)  
Social sciences including psychology, sociology, social politics, education. List of subscribed Humanities and Social Sciences Collection.

Journal of Baltic Science Education  

MasterFILE Premier (per EBSCOhost) 
Multi-disciplinary database including education.

Oxford Journals Collection  
Multi-disciplinary database including education. List of 280 subscribed journals.

Pedagogika  
An international periodical peer-reviewed journal of research papers. Outstanding scientists of Education science from Lithuania and abroad publish their works in the journal.

Problems of Education in the 21st Century  
Periodical scientific journal publishing original research across the whole of education. 

Socialinis ugdymas  
The aim of the publication is to publish interdisciplinary research in the fields of social pedagogy,  sociology, communication,  educology in the fields of social sciences, conducted not only in Lithuania but also abroad.

Verbum  
The publications by Lithuanian scholars and colleagues from other countries focus on the studies of Germanic, Roman and Slavic languages as well as on issues of education.

Vocational Training: Research and Reality  
The peer reviewed scientific publication of Vytautas Magnus University with high reputation in national and international levels.

Žmogus ir žodis  
Research papers’ journal which promotes linguistics, didactic studies and encourages researchers to use new or updated theories and methodological approaches in humanities field. 

 

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BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)      
One of the largest search engines performing search in open access scholarly resources.

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

FreeFullPDF  
Multi-disciplinary database including social sciences , education.

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.

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

The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository   
The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products.

Thesaurus.com  
General vocabulary indicating semantic word connections.

eLABa ETD   
Access to some of the works is limited or only available via institution computer network. 

 

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Britannica Online     
Encyclopedia.

ERIC (EBSCO)  
Education. Bibliographic.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education   
A dynamic digital encyclopedia continuously updated by the world’s leading scholars and researchers.

DART-Europe E-theses Portal   
A portal for European ElectronicTheses and Dissertations. DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. Access about 800 000 open access research theses from 619 Universities in 28 European countries.

OpenDissertations (EBSCO Publishing)    
An open-access database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses. Providing researchers with citations to graduate research across a span of time, from the early 20th century to the present, this database will continue to grow through regular updates and new partnerships with graduate degree-granting institutions.

NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Disertations)   
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs).

The Global Partnership for Education   
A multi-stakeholder partnership and funding platform that aims to strengthen education systems in developing countries in order to dramatically increase the number of children who are in school and learning.

Humanities and Social Sciences Online H-net  
An independent, non-profit scholarly association that offers an open academic space for scholars.

UNICEF Publications on Education   
 A United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

National Association for Gifted Children 
NAGC's mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.