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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.

 
Artificial Intelligence Tools
 

Studijuoti VDU atvyksta ir kelios dešimtys Baltarusijos studentų – Alkas.lt 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.


Vaizdas:ChatGPT-Logo.svg – Vikipedija  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 Icon logo transparent PNG - StickPNG 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 (Google) Logo Free Download S... · LobeHub  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 | LinkedInKeenious

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 | WellingtonLitmaps

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 Logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG, brand 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.
 

ResearchRabbit: AI Tool for Smarter, Faster Literature ReviewsResearch 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 (formerly Typeset) | Stash Jobs 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 for AI education: review, features & use cases 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-logo - CQC2TSemantic 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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Databases
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) Prenumeruojama 
Multi-disciplinary database including - psychology.

De Gruyter eBooks Prenumeruojama 
 Multi-disciplinary database including - psychology.  List of eBooks

Cambridge Core Prenumeruojama 
Humanities, social sciences including psychology, sociology, social politics, education. List of subscribed journals.

Cambridge Journals Online Prenumeruojama  
Provides full text for archive of journals published by Cambridge University Press. Includes titles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Full text access to journals published from 2003 to 2006. List of subscribed Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
List of subscribed Science, Technology and Medicine Collection
 
Ebook Central (Academic Complete) Prenumeruojama            
Ebook Central offers more than 120 000 authoritative e-books in a wide range of subject areas, like social sciences, humanities, medicine, science and more.
 
Health Source – Consumer Edition (EBSCO) Prenumeruojama 
Multi-disciplinary database including - health care, nursing.
 
 eBooks by KTU Publishing House "Technologija" Prenumeruojama 
 Ebooks published by Kaunas University of Technology publishing house „Technologija“. Database covers various disciplines including science, social sciences, physics, chemistry and more. Attention: This database is not accessible via EZproxy.
 
eBooks by Mykolas Romeris University  Prenumeruojama 
The ebooks are presented by advanced and modern means in the portal ebooks.mruni.eu. The readers may read all books presented in the portal online or to download them into his/her computer or other reading device.
 
Emerald Management eJournals Collection Prenumeruojama 
Peer-reviewed journals with fulltext covering field of social sciences. Topics: marketing, human resources, management, information and communication sciences. List of subscribed journals.

Health Source - Consumer Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Prenumeruojama 
A full-text database covering a wide variety health topics, like fitness, nutrition, diabetes, aging, women's health, children's health and more. List of journals by: alphabet and subject.
 
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition (EBSCOP Publishing) Prenumeruojama 
A full-text database that offers a trusted source of nursing and allied health literature. Topics: pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health, nursing management, medical law and more. List of journals by: alphabet and subject.

JSTOR Prenumeruojama 
Multi-disciplinary including psychology, social anthropology, sociology, statistics, education, health care. Full-text.
Subscribed Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV collections. Lists of subscribed journals.

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO) Prenumeruojama       
MasterFILE Premier provides full text for over 1,800 general interest, business, consumer health, general science, and multicultural periodicals. In addition, this database offers indexing and abstracts for over 2,500 periodicals.

 MEDLINE (EBSCO) Prenumeruojama  
Multi-disciplinary database including – psychology, medicine, nursing. Bibliographic.

Oxford University Press Journals  Prenumeruojama        
Database includes academic and research journals published by Oxford University Press and it is covering a broad range of subject areas.
 
PsycARTICLES (EBSCO) Prenumeruojama 
Psychology. Coverage spans 1894 to the present, VMU computer network. The database is available at the Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Psychology and Psychology Clinic as well as all libraries.
 
ScienceDirect Prenumeruojama   
Multi-disciplinary database including - psychology, psychiatry, sociology, education, social work. 

SAGE Journals Online Prenumeruojama      
Multi-disciplinary database including psychology. List of subscribed journals.

SpringerJournals Prenumeruojama   
Multi-disciplinary database including psychology . List of subscribed journals. Subscribed till 31 December, 2007, access is provided to licensed content.

SpringerLink Archive Prenumeruojama 
 Multi-disciplinary database including economics and finance List of subscribed journals

Taylor & Francis  Prenumeruojama 
Multi-disciplinary database including economics and finance. List of subscribed journals. Access to articles since 1997.



 
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Books. E-books
DOAB (Directory of Open access Books) 
A catalog of e-books from various fields of science, including books from Vytautas Magnus University.

VilniausTech eBooks Prenumeruojama  
Multi-disciplinary. List of eBooks.

Online library of open access books (OAPEN) 

Google Books 
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Journals. Newspapers
Journals

Journals in the VMU virtual library 

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)          
Community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
 
Newspapers

Newspapers in the VMU virtual library 


 
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Reference works
Britannica Online Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio 
Virtual encyclopedia.

Dictionary.com  openURL Resource contains audio 
Virtual dictionary.

Encyclopedia.com   Resource contains video 
Virtual encyclopedia.

Eurovoc  Some full text available​ openURL
Multilingual thesaurus.

Thesaurus.com  Some full text available​ openURL
The largest (more than 550,000) and most reliable online thesaurus. 

Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija  Some full text available openURL   
A scientific information publication providing widely accessible systematic information.
 
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Theses. Dissertations
Theses in the VMU research management system (CRIS ETD)  

Theses in the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa ETD)  Some full text available 

EBSCO Open Dissertations  

NDLTD (The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)    (currently offline)
An international organization whose goal is to promote the accession, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The database contains more than 475,000 works in the field of education.

OATD (Open Access Theses and Dissertations)  
Open access dissertation database. Metadata is obtained from more than 1,000 colleges, universities and research institutions, and currently more than 2 million dissertations are available (more than 50,000 in the field of education).
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Search engines
Base (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) 
One of the largest search engines that searches open access scientific 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.

Lietuvos elektroninė akademinė biblioteka (eLABa) 
An integrated search engine that allows you to search the catalogs of Lithuanian academic libraries and open access resources.

OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)        
Data repository register. Peer-reviewed articles in various scientific fields, conference presentations, books, training course materials, audio and video recordings, research data, unpublished works, reports, doctoral dissertations and theses, unpublished conference presentations, etc.
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Other resources
BMJ Journals Online  

Eurostat 
Statistical office of the European Union.

HASSET  
Humanities and Social Science Electronic Thesaurus.

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.