- Electronic books
- Electronic journals
- Anatomy databases
- Evidence-based medicine databases
- Scientific evaluation
- Citation management
- Specialized databases
- Veterinary databases
- Plagiarism checks (for teachers only)
- Trial databases
- Descriptions of databases
- Biosphera (VA Library and VA faculties)
- Cabi Animal Science Database
- Cabi VetMed Resource
- Plumb’s
- Veterinary Source
- Vetstream
- EndNote 20 (30 days) – bibliographic information management tool.
- De Gruyter eBooks (until April 30th) – eBook collection.
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) the Library has a subscription to 15 books: list of books.
AccessMedicine is an innovative online resource that provides students, residents, clinicians, researchers, and all health professionals with access to more than 75 medical titles from the best minds in medicine, updated content, thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessment, case files, time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools, a comprehensive search platform, and the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device. It provides fast, direct access to the information necessary for completing evaluations, diagnoses, and case management decisions. It contains textbooks, drug monographs, diagnostic tests, multimedia collections, etc. Additional opportunities are available only for registered users.
AccessPharmacy from McGraw-Hill Medical is designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education and practice today. This curricular resource for pharmacy education includes curriculum topics, organ systems, textbooks, drug monographs, lab tests, calculators, videos, case studies, and more.
Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy (Anatomy in real-life 3D) supports the teaching and learning of anatomy with more than 300 narrated videos of real cadaver specimens. This dynamic tool can be used during lectures, for review purposes before or after lab, and as a supplement to dissection, particularly if access to cadavers is limited. The Video Atlas was originally intended to be used by individual medical and dental students. Because of its realism, simple language, and three-dimensional quality, the Video Atlas has become popular with students and teachers in many other fields and also with people not on a professional learning path who are looking for information about human anatomy.
Anatomy.tv provides access to the ultimate online 3D anatomy teaching resource, reference and revision aid for students. View the body both regionally and systemically with intuitive, interactive functions that allow you to rotate any anatomical view 360, add/remove layers of anatomy and label any visible structure. Clicking on a structure will bring up detailed related text that includes links to dissection slides, illustrations, video clips and others.
ATLAS.ti software is a powerful workbench for the qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual, graphical, audio and video data. Sophisticated tools help you to arrange, reassemble, and manage your material in creative, yet systematic ways. ATLAS.ti is installed on a computer no. 21 (computer classroom on the 4th floor). For login information please contact a librarian in the reading room. User manual.
Biosphera – 3D veterinary anatomy softwares. Tools to teach and learn veterinary anatomy: Pig, Bovine, Horse, Dog, Cat, Rat, Bird. Access is available at: 5 workplaces – VA Library, 5 workplaces – VA Faculty.
BMJ Journals provides access to the full-text medical journals published by British Medicine Journals (BMJ) Group.
CABI’s Animal Science Collection is a database of research summaries, news articles and full-text records for companion, zoo, laboratory and economically important farmed animals and fish.
CABI’s VetMed Resource Collection is a comprehensive database of bibliographic information, research articles and full text records, covering livestock and working animals, companion animals, exotic, zoo and wild animals as well as fish and aquatic species.
Cambridge Core eBooks – Cambridge University Press publishes a wide range of research monographs, academic reference, textbooks, books for professionals and students, covering medicine, life sciences, psychiatry, psychology.
ClinicalKey is a dynamic clinical resource designed to provide physicians with fast, clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier, the world-leading provider of peer-reviewed medical and scientific information. ClinicalKey was built specifically to meet the search needs of physicians that a clinical resource is comprehensive, trusted, and fast. ClinicalKey includes: medical and surgical reference books, journals, first consult point-of-care clinical monographs, procedures consult content and associated videos, clinical pharmacology drug monographs, medical and surgical videos, images, practice guidelines, patient education handouts and more.
User manual.
List of books and journals.
Cochrane Library is the source of the highest level of evidence-based medicine in health care. The Cochrane Library consists of several databases:
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) – is the leading resource for systematic reviews in health careCDSR includes all Cochrane Reviews (and protocols) prepared by Cochrane Review Groups. Each Cochrane Review is a peer-reviewed systematic review that has been prepared and supervised by a Cochrane Review Group. CDSR also includes Editorials and Supplements.
- Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) – is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials. In addition to bibliographic details (author, title, source, year, etc) CENTRAL records often include an abstract (a summary of the article). They do not contain the full text of the article.
- Cochrane clinical answers (CCAs) contains a clinical question, a short answer, and data for the outcomes from the Cochrane Review deemed most relevant to practising healthcare professionals, our target audience. The evidence is displayed in a user-friendly tabulated format that includes narratives, data, and links to graphics. Cochrane Clinical Answers were developed by Cochrane Innovations and Wiley.
New edition of the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions.
The Cochrane Library reference guide.
The Cochrane Library tutorials.
EBSCOhost eBooks provides access to a multidisciplinary collection of full-text electronic books from academic publishers in many subjects including health and physical sciences, social science and the humanities.
EBSCO eBooks Mobile App user manual.
EBSCO eBooks: Searching, Downloading.
EBSCO Publishing provides access to a multidisciplinary collection in all academic subject fields including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives, ebooks, etc.
EBSCO Open Dissertations – is a free database with more than 800,000 electronic theses and dissertations from around the world. Dissertations from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences are also available.
EndNote is a reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays, reports and articles. More information about EndNote.
11th Edition of the European Pharmacopoeia (2024). The European Pharmacopoeia is published by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM) of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. EP provides common quality standards throughout the pharmaceutical industry in Europe to control the quality of medicines, and the substances used to manufacture them. EP defines requirements for the qualitative and quantitative composition of medicines, the tests to be carried out on medicines and on substances and materials used in their production. The official standards it contains provide a scientific basis for quality control during the entire life cycle of a product. It contains 2 420 monographs, 374 general texts (including general monographs and methods of analysis) and around 2 780 descriptions of reagents. Access is available for 200 users.
Each user must create its own account with institutional email and contact the library staff (lina.nesoviene@lsmu.lt or laura.zvironiene@lsmu.lt) for access. Once approved by the library staff, the user will be given individual access to the 11th Edition of the European Pharmacopoeia.
EP user manual.
HippoEM covers the complete ABEM Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine and includes practice quizzes designed to help you prepare for your exam: over 60 hours of self-paced continuously updated and improved video, audio and written education, hundreds of high-quality ABEM-style questions with explanations and hints in our ever-expanding question set. Only for Emergency Medicine residents.
Henry Stewart Talks Ltd (HSTalks): The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection is a database of specially prepared, animated, online, audio-visual lectures, seminar-style talks and case studies.
JAMA, published continuously since 1883, is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal. JAMA is a member of the JAMA Network, a consortium of peer-reviewed, general medical and specialty publications.
JoVE (The Journal of Visualized Experiments) is the first peer-reviewed science video journal. Easy to understand video demonstrations on laboratory techniques, experiment design, introduction to concepts and theories, and more. JoVE creates scientific videos for two unique resources: JoVE Video Journal and JoVE Science Education Library. Collections include – JoVE Video Journal: Medicine, Biology, Neuroscience, Bioengineering, Immunology & Infection.
KTU e-books collection consists more than 40 textbooks, monographs, covering of the full range of scientific disciplines. Remote access via VPN or logging in with a username and password (contact Laura.Zvironiene@lsmu.lt for login information).
KU e-books published by Klaipėda University, including various fields: psychology, medicine, social work, environmental protection, etc.
KVK e-books – Klaipėda State University of Applied Sciences e-book collection featuring books on topics such as general practice nursing, physiotherapy, social pedagogy, and more.
List of KVK eBooks.
LWW Health Library (Basic and Anatomical Sciences Premium Collection)
In addition to textbooks, the Health Library platform also offers a variety of other assets including videos and audios, self-assessments, cases, and clinical skills as well as links to other resources. The videos and audios include both live and animated segments. Textbooks, atlases covering Anatomy, Behavioral Science, Biochemistry, Embryology, Epidemiology, Genetics, Histology, Intro to Clinical Medicine, Microbiology/Immunology, Neuroscience, Pathology/Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Physical Examination, Physiology.
LWW Journals provides access to over 105 peer-reviewed journals including medicine and related sciences.
MedOne Neurosurgery – it is a collection of content tailored to neurosurgeons and neurosurgical training programs available on a platform with additional resources and customizable functionality. The database includes e-books, e-journals, neurosurgical procedures, clinical cases, multimedia content, and some question-and-answer style review.
Micromedex provides access to evidence-based resources at the point of care for medication management, toxicology, and disease and condition management. It is an excellent source of drug indication, dosage, drug interaction and side effect information, as well as poison control information.
Micromedex 2.0 for Nordic & Baltic users.
NeoFax and Pediatrics (via Micromedex) – is an internet-based solution that provides evidence-based drug information, age and indication-specific drug-dosing calculators, and enteral formula nutritional information for the neonatal and pediatric populations.
Natural Medicines provides access to the scientific gold standard for evidence-based information on this topic including up to date clinical data on natural medicine, herbal medicine and dietary supplements used in the western world. Access is available for 9 users (simultaneously) from LSMU computer network.
More about Natural Medicines.
Nature is the world’s most highly cited interdisciplinary science journal covering all fields of science and technology. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
Nursing Reference Center Plus is an evidence-based information resource designed by nurses for nurses, helping users to quickly find the right answers to their clinical questions every time. Nurses can turn to Nursing Reference Center Plus for all of their practice, education and research needs. Nursing Reference Center Plus helps to promote evidence-based nursing practice that aids in meeting regulatory requirements, improving patient safety and quality outcomes. The content of database includes care plans, core measure topics, disease, conditions and drug topics, nursing management topics, regulatory topics, risk management topics, skills with competency checklists, images, videos, patient education handouts.
Osmosis is an all-in-one online medical study platform designed to help both teachers and students learn and prepare for exams. Osmosis offers a wide range of resources, including video lectures, practice questions, and flashcards.
You can access Osmosis by clicking the link. Create an account (use your university email address: @lsmu.lt or @stud.lsmu.lt). You will receive an email with an activation link; click it. Finished! Now you can use all the offered Osmosis tools.
Ovid eBooks – more than 30 ebooks on behavioural and social sciences, clinical medicine, health professions, nursing.
Oxford Journals provides full-text access to over 280 journals published by Oxford University Press including life sciences, medicine, mathematics and physical sciences, social sciences, humanities and law.
Oxford Academic is a collection of over 650 online medical resources which cover every stage in a medical career, from medical students and junior doctors to resources for senior doctors and consultants (cross-search the full text of over 700 of the best Oxford books, textbooks and handbooks).
Oxsico’s text matching tool is only for theses (ETD) text matching. Works can be checked by work supervisors and reviewers. Students are not granted such a right. To create an account, contact Laura Petrauskienė (laura.petrauskiene@lsmu.lt).
If you can’t log in, please contact support@oxsico.com.
Plumb’s™ – a database with everything from diagnostic and treatment guidance to reliable drug information and pet owner education.
ProQuest Ebook Central – provides access to full-text electronic books in all academic subject fields. Subscription includes Health & Medicine and Science & Technology collections. You can read ebooks offline on your computer (before downloading an ebook, you must do two things: download Adobe Digital Editions (authorize with your Adobe ID), must be signed in Ebook Central.
List of books (numbers, symbols)
List of other types of resources
More about Ebook Central.
PsycARTICLES (via EBSCOhost) – from the American Psychological Association (APA), is a definitive source of full text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology. It contains more than 153,000 articles from nearly 80 journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), its imprint the Educational Publishing Foundation (EPF), and from allied organizations including the Canadian Psychological Association and the Hogrefe Publishing Group. It includes all journal articles, book reviews, letters to the editor, and errata from each journal.
PsycARTICLES tutorial.
The PsycTests database is an authoritative source of structured information about tests of interest in a variety of fields. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), it provides access to thousands of actual test instruments, most of which are available for immediate download and use in teaching and research.
Medline (Pubmed) provides free access to more than 29 million citations for biomedical literature from Medline, life science journals and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher websites.
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases and other various sources. To use the program, you need to create a user account (“Create Account”). A confirmation email will be sent to your institutional email address, where you will need to click on the link provided.
SAGE Journals Online – more than 900 journals covering health sciences, life & biomedical sciences, materials science & engineering, social sciences & humanities.
SAGE journals help. SAGE journals user guide.
ScienceDirect provides access to a multidisciplinary collection in all academic subject fields. Subscription includes full-text journals (Freedom Collection) and books. Full-text access is possible only to titles signed with “green key”.
List of books.
List of journals.
ScienceDirect help and tutorials.
ScienceDirect: change access types.
SpringerLink provides access to full-text journals published by Springer Verlag and Kluwer Academic Press including biomedicine, life sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc.
The SPSS Campus Professional Desktop software package allows detailed data preparation and statistical analysis. Access to SPSS is available:
– computers no. 1-20 (Library and information centre computer classroom on the 4th floor);
– 5 computers (VA Library);
– personal account (apply for a personal license at remontas@lsmu.lt).
Taylor & Francis provides access to scholarly journals published by the Taylor & Francis Group including all areas of health sciences, humanities, social sciences, science and technology.
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is recognized as the world’s leading medical journal and website. Published continuously for over 200 years, NEJM delivers high-quality, peer-reviewed research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators, researchers, and the global medical community.
UpToDate provides access to evidence-based clinical decision support resources. More than 5,100 world-renowned physician authors, editors and peer reviewers use a rigorous editorial process to synthesize the most recent medical information into trusted, evidence-based recommendations that are proven to improve patient care and quality including over 10000 clinical topics across over 20 medical specialities, patient information topics, medical calculators, etc.
VDU e-books collection consists e-books, monographs covering of the full range of scientific disciplines.
Vetstream database is an online clinical reference source offering evidence-based treatment plans, detailed formulary, factsheets for owners, multimedia resources on a variety of veterinary topics, and more. The content is provided by 900 of the world’s leading veterinary clinicians and includes more than 19,000 peer-reviewed articles on diseases and their pathogens, diagnostic tests, medical and surgical treatments as well as breeds and owner factsheets and images, videos and heart sounds.
VILNIUS TECH e-books database offers books in physical, humanitarian, social and technological sciences.
Visible Body is an interactive 3D anatomy atlas for mobile devices (tablets, smartphones etc.). To access the database you have to download the app (select ‘On Campus’ on the website where you will find installation instructions) while you are connected to our LSMU computer network. After the installation you can use the app on any network, however, every 150 days you have to connect to LSMU computer network to maintain the access.
Vitae Litera – more than 95 Lithuanian e-books covering biomedical sciences.
Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) – is the world’s most trusted publisher-independent global citation database, designed to support scientific and scholarly research. It includes Web of Science Core Collection (Science Citation Index Expanded (1990-present), Social Science Citation Index (1990-present), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (1990-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index (1990-present), Emerging Sources Citation Index (2015-present), Korean Journal Database (1980-present), Russian Science Citation Index (2005-present), citation analysis tools (Journal Citation Reports, Essential Science Indicators), reference management tool (EndNote). The Web of Science database also supports ResearcherID, ORCID.
More about Web of Science.
Web of Science Help.
YouTube channel “WoSTraining”.
Wiley Online eBooks – the Library has a subscription to 24 books: list of books.
Wiley Online Library (Wiley-Blackwell) provides full-text access to over 800 journals (STM Collection) including biomedicine, life sciences, social sciences, etc.
Free Online Sample Issues 2016.
