VGTU community members have access to the following e-books in lithuanian language:
1. VGTU publishing house Technika e-books
2. Kaunas University of Technology e-books
3. Open access ebooks of Mykolas Romeris University
VGTU publishing house Technika e-books
All books published by VGTU publishing house "Technika" have their own digital version. The portal currently has over 600 e-textbooks and is accessible to all members of the VGTU community by reading on the university network computers or from home via VPN . E-books are divided into physical, human, social and technological sciences
How to read e-books?
First of all, being on VGTU computer network, you need to register. You then need to install the iPublishCentral Reader application, which will allow you to read, download books later, even when you are not connected to the VGTU network and without an Internet connection, anytime via iOffline.
The benefits of Bookshelf
Folder Bookshelf appears when you sign up for the platform
In this section you can have your bookshelf, search for a word, phrase or sentence among all the texts on the portal or just on your shelf through the search box. You can also change, set the font for your book, enlarge pictures, schemes, and so on. It is possible to bookmark the page (with the Bookmark button), to mark a certain part of the text, to leave comments, to strike out the necessary information, to print the pages (under My Folder). Share book information via email via email and other social networks.
Ability to print the book
You need to register online to print a book, only registered users can print the desired book by clicking the printer icon. Print a specific page only once.
Kaunas University of Technology e-books
VGTU community members has free access to 965 KTU ebooks until 2 of March, 2021. Community members can read these ebooks from computers on the VGTU network or from home using the VPN service
When you‘ll open this book platform, the textbooks on the left are organized around the following topics:
Environment, Chemistry, Education, Economics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy and Thermal Engineering, Philology, Philosophy, Physics, Informatics, Engineering Graphics, History, Physical Education, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Embroidery Technology, Sociology, Construction, Law, mMagement and administration, Conference proceedings and presentations.
Book search/advanced search box is at the top of left side
The entered phrase is searched by title, author, ISBN, e-ISBN, DOI number in the searched book, its annotation, and its contents. Search provides all list of books when at least one of the search points mentioned above contains the entered phrase. You should use advanced search to narrow your search results.
When you find a book of interest, press "read book" and the buttons on the top toolbar allow you to change the view of the book you're reading. When you place the cursor on the appropriate button, you can see what it is for: you can zoom in, out, select the reading method that suits you, and move on to the next pages.
Important: there is no way to download the book to your computer, you can only read it online, you cannot read it offline. There is also no way to print the book.
Open access ebooks of Mykolas Romeris University
These are open access e-books for the humanities and social sciences. As like in the VGTU e-book platform, the books are organized into the humanities, social sciences and exact sciences.
How to read or download the books?
You can read online or install iPublishCentral Reader on your computer, which allows you to read or download books(but requires a platform connection), and later, even when you are not connected to the VGTU network and without an internet connection at any time through iOffline.
Benefits of Bookshelf section (appears when user log in it)
Possibility to write comments in the text of the e-book. Select a location by email in the book where you want to write your note, then right-click and select Add Note. You can read and manage all your notes on the Bookshelf page.
When you open a book, there is a Bookmark. Page button in the toolbar at the top that will mark the page as a Bookmark tab. You can read and manage your Bookmarks on the Bookshelf page.
