EBSCO trial databases

September 16, 2024

We invite members of the VILNIUS TECH community to try out the trial access to EBSCO databases in various fields of science until November 8, 2024.

Access is available from VILNIUS TECH computer network or via VPN. As a security measure, two-factor authentication is additionally required (i.e. verification from mobile device app or by call).

Trial databases:
	Art & Architecture Source – a full-text research database covering architecture and architectural design, as well as fine, decorative and commercial art. Subjects include: architecture and architectural history, interior design, landscape architecture, advertising art, antiques, archaeology, art history, contemporary art, costume design, crafts, decorative arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, motion pictures, painting, photography, pottery, printmaking, sculpture, television, textiles. Content Includes: 380 active full-text, non-open access journals; 180 full-text books and a collection of over 63 000 images provided by Picture Desk and other sources.
	CAB Abstracts with Full Text – produced in collaboration with the experts at CABI, provides access to the world’s applied life sciences literature: agriculture, the environment, applied economics, leisure, tourism, nutrition, human health, mycology, plant sciences and veterinary sciences. Content includes 1 200 active full-text journals.
	Central & Eastern European Academic Source – a multilingual resource includes peer-reviewed academic journals from Central and Eastern European countries. The multidisciplinary database covers many subjects: business, economics, history, law, education, humanities, international relations, literature, medicine, politics, social sciences, STEM. The content includes over 2 100 full-text titles (with more than 1 450 newly added full-text publications), including over 100 Lithuanian journals. Content is available in 60 languages.
	Communication Source – an extensive full-text database containing a collection of journals in the field of social communication and mass media and other related fields such as linguistics, rhetoric, speech pathology, media studies, communication theory, communication in the organization. The database includes indexes and abstracts of articles from over 1 000 scientific journals.
	eBook EngineeringCore – Subscription Collection helps researchers broaden their knowledge of the engineering industry to help support decision-making, facilitate product design and implement industry best practices. Collection includes eBooks across many engineering topics: chemical and biochemical engineering, civil engineering and construction, earth sciences and agriculture, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial management, manufacturing, materials, mechanical engineering, medical, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, mining engineering, metallurgy, physics.
	EconLit with Full Text – a full-text database for economic research. It offers hundreds of journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo. It also contains all of the indexing in EconLit, which adheres to the high-quality JEL classification system for economics literature. Content includes: more than 370 active full-text,; 15 full-text books, including The Handbook of World Trade. Subjects include: capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labor economics, monetary theory, urban economics.
	Engineering Source – the leading full-text resource for engineering research. It provides indexing to over 3 000 publications, including journals, trade papers, monographs, books, conference proceedings and other publications. Engineering Source is intended for professionals at all levels, including research, planning, product development, management, and delivery.
	Energy and Power Source – a full-text database of energy industry content that includes academic journals, books, monographs, trade publications, and other valuable sources. Topics: coal, electricity, natural gas, nuclear, oil, renewable energy (including hydro, wind, solar, and alternative fuels). This resource is very useful for anyone working at any level of the energy and electrical industry, including distribution, exploration, production, marketing, processing, production, research and sales.
	Food Science Source – an extensive full-text database for food industry research. It contains hundreds of full-text journals, monographs and trade publications, as well as numerous food industry and market reports. Topics include nutrition, food processing, safety, service, transportation and innovation.
	LitBase – database includes literary research on authors, poetry, fiction, plays and non-fiction from around the world, providing resources such as author interviews, bibliographies, biographies, book reviews, classic books, encyclopedias and dictionaries, non-fiction, full-text journals, literature criticism, short stories, plays, poems, short stories from antiquity to the 21st century, including works of high culture that were not created in the West. Among 1.5 million entries, readers can find historical and contemporary texts from around the world, including Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Ireland, Latin America, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Slavic countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Additionally, LitBase has a complementary Literary Reference eBook Collection, containing reference works covering a wide range of literature-related topics, including literary criticism and guides to the study of classic literature. Link
	MEDLINE Ultimate – database provides access to over 2 800 full texts of journals that medical professionals, students and researchers will find information about medicine, health, pharmacology, neurology, molecular biology, genetics, genomics, histology, microbiology and many other areas of medical science. The medical thesaurus MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is used in the database.
	Sustainability Reference Center – database in the fields of sustainable development, environmental protection and social responsibility. The database contains indexes and abstracts from more than 1 000 publications and 500 full-text publications such as scientific journals, monographs, industry publications, etc. The subject of the database includes information on environmental care, corporate social responsibility, problems and initiatives related to broadly understood environmental protection, the ISO 14000 standard defining the basic requirements of the environmental management system, LEED (The Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design).
	The Belt and Road Initiative Reference Source – database provides research and information in medical studies, trade policy, architecture, sustainability, environmental engineering, economics, and global communication journals from around the world.