Subscription databases for Asian studies

In order to expand access to databases related to Asian studies, new Japanese, Chinese, Korean databases are subscribed to the University community:

Airiti Library – TEPS (Taiwan Electronic Periodical Services)
Airiti Library – Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search
China Academic Journals
China Core Newspapers
China Statistical Yearbooks Database/China Data Insights
Chinamaxx eBooks
Japan Times Archives
LawInfoChina (English)
LawInfoChina (PK University)
NK News & NK Pro
People’s Daily
Yomiuri Database Service

Databases are available from the VDU computer network only on the CrossAsia platform (not available with the inscription “Korean databases subscribers only”). CrossAsia as an electronic and digital platform to support Asia-related scholarship, research, and research-related teaching.

The trial access to APA PsycInfo (EBSCO)

PsycInfo database, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), is the most comprehensive source of scientific literature in the field of psychology and mental health. It contains over 5 million records and summaries of journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations in psychology and related disciplines dating back to 1597. 99% of journals are peer-reviewed publications. The database also contains information on psychological aspects related to such fields as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, technology, linguistics, anthropology, business, law and others. The database have been added to EBSCOhost profile and will be active until 6th of March 2024.

VDU CRIS researcher profile synchronization with ORCID

University researchers have an international unique researcher identifier ORCID, which serves as a personal reference of the researcher, a profile on the Internet, connecting the researcher’s scientific activity and its results and creating links with the institutions that collect and use ORCID: publishers, databases, repositories and other science-related organizations. VDU became a member of the ORCID organization in 2023, and the University Research Management System (VDU CRIS) became dissemination channel for ORCID. It possible to create links between the VDU CRIS researcher’s profile and the ORCID researcher’s profile, so that researchers do not have to manually fill in and update the same information about themselves, scientific publications and other scientific activities, already filled in VDU CRIS. Instructions on how to do this are provided on the library’s website – main menu Mokslas -> Mokymai, pagalbos->VDU CRIS profilio informacijos eksportas į ORCID. For information export, login data to ORCID is required. The library staff will be happy to help if you visit the library.

The integration of two open science infrastructures, the possibility of exporting researchers’ profiles to the international science infrastructure, which leads to greater international visibility of the University’s researchers and easier identification, collection and dissemination of the results of the scientific activities of VMU researchers, was implemented and financed by the European Union funds and Economic Recovery and Resilience for 2021-2027 increase with the funds of the “New Generation Lithuania” measure and the funds of the state budget of the Republic of Lithuania. The project “Strengthening the international competitiveness of VMU in the Transform4Europe alliance network of European universities” (No. 10-005-P-0005).

Artificial intelligence (AI) created text recognition

In the text matching program Oxsico, used at the university, a text created by artificial intelligence (AI), recognition system has been developed and it is currently able to recognize AI text created in Lithuanian, English, Spanish, Italian, German, and French languages. University lectures will already find an additional AI indicator in their Oxsico account next to the checked texts, showing the percentage and indicating the probability that the text was created by AI. From February another function will be enabled – the authorship detection function – which will make it possible to find inconsistencies between the author’s writing style and the work being checked. This feature is based on stylometric analysis. Read more about the functionality of the Oxsico AI recognition system here. We also recommend familiarize yourself with the Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence for Teaching and Research Purposes

The university’s scientific output and sustainable development goals

When researchers registering their publications, ongoing they have the opportunity to indicate which Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) they correspond to, which global problems they contribute to solving. In the publication registration form, in the drop-down menu of the Sustainable Development Goals field, one can choose from 17 SDGs that best match the topic of the publication.

EBSCO online sessions January 2024

Registrations for the training cycle organized by EBSCO designed for librarians, researchers, teachers and students, who would like to learn more about EBSCO. Welcome to our training!

Exhibition of paintings by Gražina Markevičienė

We invite you to visit the exhibition of paintings by artist Gražina Markevičienė “Let’s talk about souls”, which is exhibited in the library of the Academy of Agriculture of the Vytautas Magnus University (Studentų str. 11−235, Akademija, Kaunas district). Opening of the exhibition in 2024. January 10, 11 a.m.

The trial access to Political Science Complete (EBSCO)

Political Science Complete database is a comprehensive source of information on global politics and globalization. It contains the full text of over 650 journals as well as indexes and abstracts of over 1,500 titles, including highly rated scientific journals, many of which are available only in this database. The database provides access to the full texts of nearly 320 encyclopedic publications and monographs. The database contains a specialized thesaurus including over 26,000 entries to facilitate information search. Subjects covered by the database include law and legislation, comparative politics, political theories, international relations, humanitarian aid and non-governmental organizations. The database have been added to EBSCOhost profile and will be active until 29th of February 2024.

Trial to De Gruyter Complete Journal Package

Until 15 February, 2024 the University community is granted temporary access to the De Gruyter Complete Journal Package – 345 electronic journals in linguistics, mathematics, business and economics, history, physics, engineering, chemistry, law, theology, cultural studies, art, music, and more.

The exhibition of paintings by Marija Mažeikaitė

We invite you to visit the exhibition of paintings “Objects in focus“ by artist Marija Mažeikaitė at the Agricultural Academy Library of Vytautas Magnus University (Studentų str. 11-235 k.).

According to the author, a member of the “Mėlynas menas“ (Blue Art) group of painters, her works are abstract visions of the world around me, an interpretation of nature through the window of my vision and fantasy. Playing with colors is a reflection of the beauty of nature in the stories and objects I create, about what I see and feel.