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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.
 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. |
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. |
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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. |
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 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). |
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. |
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 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. |
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). |
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 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) 
Multi-disciplinary database including cultural studies, philology, translations, regional studies, history and more.
Cambridge Core (Humanities and Social Sciences Collection)
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, history, culture studies and more. List of subscribed Collections.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
All aspects of the humanities. Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
JSTOR
Multi-disciplinary database including economics, history, politics, cultural studies, education and more.
Subscribed collections Arts & Sciences I-IV. Lists of subscribed journals.
SAGE Journals Online
Multi-disciplinary database including culture studies, philology, ethnology, history and more. List of subscribed journals.
SpringerLink
Multi-disciplinary database including education, history, literature, cultural studies and more. List of subscribed journals.
Taylor & Francis
Multi-disciplinary database including philology, history, cultural studies and more. List of subscribed journals. Access to articles since 1997.
Wiley Online Library (Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Collection)
Multi-disciplinary database including history, cultural studies and more. Access to 1700 Wiley journals in all subject areas till 23 September, 2020.
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. It is valuable and high-quality resource for scholarly research on Lithuanian studies from more than 70 countries.
Multi-disciplinary database including cultural studies, philology, translations, regional studies, history and more.
Cambridge Core (Humanities and Social Sciences Collection)
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, history, culture studies and more. List of subscribed Collections.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
All aspects of the humanities. Full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
JSTOR
Multi-disciplinary database including economics, history, politics, cultural studies, education and more.
Subscribed collections Arts & Sciences I-IV. Lists of subscribed journals.
SAGE Journals Online
Multi-disciplinary database including culture studies, philology, ethnology, history and more. List of subscribed journals.
SpringerLink
Multi-disciplinary database including education, history, literature, cultural studies and more. List of subscribed journals.
Taylor & Francis
Multi-disciplinary database including philology, history, cultural studies and more. List of subscribed journals. Access to articles since 1997.
Wiley Online Library (Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Collection)
Multi-disciplinary database including history, cultural studies and more. Access to 1700 Wiley journals in all subject areas till 23 September, 2020.
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. It is valuable and high-quality resource for scholarly research on Lithuanian studies from more than 70 countries.
Books in the library
Books on history, culture studies, politics and more. Are collected in the open collection of the Vaclovas Biržiška Library. Older books on this topic are kept in repositories.
Information about the items available in the library is provided in the VMU virtual library. Most books can be requested.
E-books
Information about e-books is available in the VMU virtual library.
More books – in licensed databases.
Directory of Open access Books DOAB
Over 99,000 academic peer-reviewed books. It also houses books from Vytautas Magnus University.
Google books
E-book search engine.
Searching for journals in the VMU virtual library.
Searching for newspaper in the VMU virtual library.
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ
DOAJ's mission is to increase the visibility, accessibility, reputation, usage and impact of quality, peer-reviewed, open access scholarly research journals globally, regardless of discipline, geography or language.
OpenEdition Journals
The journals platform for the humanities and social sciences.
CORE
Connects millions of open access publications from institutional repositories and journals.
Revues.org OpenEdition
Part of the network is a platform for French-language humanities and history journals.
De Gruyter Open / Sciendo
International open access scientific publications, including history journals.
History
The journal brings together the researchers who carry out fundamental and applied research on different periods of Lithuania history, the history of the neighboring countries, history didactics, which may impact the Lithuanian history policy encourages them to publics their findings and disseminate them in Lithuania and abroad.
Lietuvos Istorijos Institutas
Reviews, annotations and self-reports written by the authors of the most recently published Lithuanian Metrics books in the cultural heritage countries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Recent research in this field in neighboring countries Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.
OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration & Diaspora Studies
History of emigration, cultural work of the diaspora, analysis of Lithuanian migration and emigration problems and related policies, research of diaspora history and culture.
Project Gutenberg
One of the largest e-book collections, with more than 56,000 resources in a variety of disciplines, including topics in history, biographies, and more. Most publications are in English, as well as a number of German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, and Chinese languages.
The Yearbook of Lithuanian History
Works of Lithuanian historians and foreign scholars investigating the history of Lithuania, historical source publications, book reviews, discussions on academic conferences and more.
The journal brings together the researchers who carry out fundamental and applied research on different periods of Lithuania history, the history of the neighboring countries, history didactics, which may impact the Lithuanian history policy encourages them to publics their findings and disseminate them in Lithuania and abroad.
Lietuvos Istorijos Institutas
Reviews, annotations and self-reports written by the authors of the most recently published Lithuanian Metrics books in the cultural heritage countries of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Recent research in this field in neighboring countries Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.
OIKOS: Lithuanian Migration & Diaspora Studies
History of emigration, cultural work of the diaspora, analysis of Lithuanian migration and emigration problems and related policies, research of diaspora history and culture.
Project Gutenberg
One of the largest e-book collections, with more than 56,000 resources in a variety of disciplines, including topics in history, biographies, and more. Most publications are in English, as well as a number of German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, and Chinese languages.
The Yearbook of Lithuanian History
Works of Lithuanian historians and foreign scholars investigating the history of Lithuania, historical source publications, book reviews, discussions on academic conferences and more.
Dissertations and theses in the VMU science management system (CRIS ETD)
Dissertations and theses in the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa ETD)
EBSCO Open Dissertations
This platform allows researchers around the world to more easily access electronic versions of dissertations. The database contains more than 1.5 million dissertations from various fields of science.
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations NDLTD
The international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations. Support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Dissertations and theses in the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa ETD)
EBSCO Open Dissertations
This platform allows researchers around the world to more easily access electronic versions of dissertations. The database contains more than 1.5 million dissertations from various fields of science.
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations NDLTD
The international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations. Support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Base Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
One of the largest search engines that searches open access scholarly resources (journals, institutional repositories, digital collections, etc.).
Google Scholar
A search engine that allows you to search for information in peer-reviewed journals, dissertations, technical reports, university websites, and books.
Lithuanian Electronic Academic Library (eLABa)
An integrated search system that allows you to search the catalogs and open access resources of Lithuanian academic libraries.
OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)
Data repository registry. Peer-reviewed articles in various scientific fields, conference proceedings, books, course materials, audio and video recordings, research data, unpublished works, reports, doctoral dissertations and theses, unpublished conference proceedings, etc.
British Library Digital Collections
Historical manuscripts, newspapers, cartography, audio recordings.
OpenAIRE Explore
Search for European research data and publications.
WorldWideScience.org
An international federation of science portals spanning multiple languages and countries.
Frontiers in History (Frontiers serijos leidinys)
Contemporary historiographical and interdisciplinary research.
Britannica Online 
A digital version of the Britannica encyclopedia.
European History Online (EGO)
A transcultural history of Europe on the Internet. EGO examines 500 years of modern European history by transcending national, disciplinary and methodological boundaries. It investigates processes of intercultural exchange in European history whose impact extended beyond state, national and cultural borders.
HASSET
Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus.
Holocaust Encyclopedia
The main topics of the encyclopedia are the activities of the Third Reich, refugees, ghettos, liberation from Nazi camps.
Manuscriptorium
The digital library which enables ready access to concentrated information on historical resources via sophisticated search tools.
Best of History Websites
With links to over 1200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness, the site also includes links to history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more.
International Network for Theory of History (INTH)
Its aim is to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas among theorists of history.
Bibliographic records, book reviews, information on journals, book series, academic centers and networks of historians, websites.
The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania (LGGRTC)
The study of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Lithuania; the study of the persecution of local residents by occupying regimes; the study of armed and unarmed resistance to occupying regimes; the initiation of the legal evaluation of the activities of the organisers and implementers of genocide; and the commemoration of freedom fighters and genocide victims.
The Lithuanian Institute of History
A state-funded research institution and the country’s main historical research centre, concentrating largely on the history of Lithuania and its historic neighbours.
The Microhistory Network
Was created as a loose group in 2007 to bring together historians interested in the theory and practice of microhistory through a homepage with a bibliography, links to the members’ homepages and other relevant webpages that would give information about conferences, events, the publication of books and articles.
Epaveldas – data bank of digital heritage content of libraries, museums and archives
The data bank of digital cultural heritage content from archives, libraries and museums provides access to digitized manuscripts, old books, newspapers and magazines, metrics and other most valuable national cultural heritage objects.
A digital version of the Britannica encyclopedia.
European History Online (EGO)
A transcultural history of Europe on the Internet. EGO examines 500 years of modern European history by transcending national, disciplinary and methodological boundaries. It investigates processes of intercultural exchange in European history whose impact extended beyond state, national and cultural borders.
HASSET
Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus.
Holocaust Encyclopedia
The main topics of the encyclopedia are the activities of the Third Reich, refugees, ghettos, liberation from Nazi camps.
Manuscriptorium
The digital library which enables ready access to concentrated information on historical resources via sophisticated search tools.
Best of History Websites
With links to over 1200 history-related web sites that have been reviewed for quality, accuracy, and usefulness, the site also includes links to history lesson plans, teacher guides, activities, games, quizzes, and more.
International Network for Theory of History (INTH)
Its aim is to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas among theorists of history.
Bibliographic records, book reviews, information on journals, book series, academic centers and networks of historians, websites.
The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania (LGGRTC)
The study of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Lithuania; the study of the persecution of local residents by occupying regimes; the study of armed and unarmed resistance to occupying regimes; the initiation of the legal evaluation of the activities of the organisers and implementers of genocide; and the commemoration of freedom fighters and genocide victims.
The Lithuanian Institute of History
A state-funded research institution and the country’s main historical research centre, concentrating largely on the history of Lithuania and its historic neighbours.
The Microhistory Network
Was created as a loose group in 2007 to bring together historians interested in the theory and practice of microhistory through a homepage with a bibliography, links to the members’ homepages and other relevant webpages that would give information about conferences, events, the publication of books and articles.
Epaveldas – data bank of digital heritage content of libraries, museums and archives
The data bank of digital cultural heritage content from archives, libraries and museums provides access to digitized manuscripts, old books, newspapers and magazines, metrics and other most valuable national cultural heritage objects.