University library
Useful Info for New Students
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Central Building Library (Ateities st. 20, Vilnius) Floor Plan | Virtual Tour Public Security Faculty Library (Maironio st. 27, Kaunas) |
Opening hours may vary. For more information, see
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1. Users are requested to leave coats and bags in the cloakroom. There are lockers for your belongings. 2. Discussions in the Readings Rooms are strictly prohibited. Mobile devices may be used only in silent mode. 3. Smoking, eating and drinking are not allowed in the Library. 4. Library materials must not be marked, defaced or annotated in any way. 5. Books from the Reading Rooms are not taken home. Use them only in the area of the Library. 6. Users should not return books to the shelves. Please leave them on the trolley next to the shelves. 7. Users can take books home from the Lending Department. 8. Bachelor students can have 30 books at one time, master students – 40. 9. To take books home you need a document (Student‘s ID Card or Personal Identity Card) 10. Fines for overdue books are started to calculate from the next day, when the returning term of the book has expired:
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The library provides a wide range of services.
Click on the links below to find out more about services offered by MRU Library. |
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Firstly, activate your MRU e-mail.
Connecting to the Library computers: User name: stud\MRU e-mail user name (until@) Password: MRU e-mail password |
All Library locations offer free wireless internet access.
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Login name: MRU e-mail Password: MRU e-mail password Domain: Student MRU Login name: MRU e-mail user name (until@) Password: MRU e-mail password Domain: Student |
Opening Hours
Library Rules
Services
Connecting to the Computers If you need help or advice about using any of our Library services, please contact us: Ask a Question
MRU library trainingLibrary offers wide scope of training in Lithuanian. Training on different topics are held on students’ demand:Contact your Subject Librarian for the detailed information and to book a training session in English. |
These training are held for the 1st year students in September of every year. General information about the Library is provided during the lecture: rules and regulations, services and library resources.
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Training "How to prepare a good presentation for thesis defence?" |
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Useful Info for New Staff
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Central Building Library (Ateities st. 20, Vilnius) Virtual Tour | Floor Plan Public Security Faculty Library (Maironio st. 27, Kaunas) | Opening hours may vary. For more information, see
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| If you want to know how our Library works, what services are
available, please don’t hesitate to ask the librarians. |
Lecturers can borrow:
- up to 50 items from the Lending Department;
- up to 5 items from the Reading Rooms (for 5 working days, if the books are not on order).
Readers can check out the books themselves using a self check-out book machine.
Fines are calculated for the overdue books.
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The Lecturers Reading Rooms (C-I-209 and C-I-011) are open to University Faculty members only. SPSS17 and E-signature can be used in the Lecturers Reading Room (C-I-209).
Faculty members can print material free of charge
in the Lecturers Reading Room (Central Building, C-I-011) The Library does not supply paper for these printers. You must bring your own.
Near Lecturers Reading Rooms are available Individual lockers where you can store your belongings.
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After you register your account in University computer
system, you will be able to connect to the Library computers. All Library locations offer free wireless internet access.
Eduroam
Login name: MRU e-mail
Password: MRU e-mail password
Domain: Employe
MRU
Login name: MRU e-mail user name (until@)
Password: MRU e-mail password
Domain: Employe
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Bibliometric services
- Bibliometric indicators are provided from Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge (Web of Science and Journal Citation Reports) database. Bibliometric services are provided only for MRU academic staff.
- Library offers:
- author citation analysis – personal citation indexes of the author‘s publications;
- H-index – citation of author‘s publications;
- journal citation index (impact factor);
- citation indexes of science fields – average citation of the exact category;
- citation maps - related authors and articles;
- largely cited journals of social sciences and humanities.
- Bibliometric indexes may differ in various databases. For the comparison we also offer author’s h-index from Google Scholar database using Publish or Perish tool.
- Send requests to natalija.popkova@mruni.eu or call (+370 5) 271 4667.
Bibliographical References List
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Preparation of Bibliographical References List is free of charge for researchers and lecturers of the University.
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The List is prepared within 10 working days.
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The List is prepared by Subject Librarians on subjects of humanities and social sciences.
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The user must complete a request form.
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The completed request form must be sent to a Subject librarian by e-mail.
Training Sessions
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MRU Library organizes regular training sessions for students and faculty staff.
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Library offers wide scope of trainings in Lithuanian. Trainings on different topics are held on users’ demand:
- “General searching for the scientific information“;
- "Searching for the scientific information in the subscribed databases“;
- “Reference management tools: Mendeley, Zotero“;
- “Electronic books „workshop“: how to find, download and use the e.book“;
- “Evernote for the „digital“ scientist and student“;
- “Google services and tools“.
- Contact your Subject Librarian for the detailed information and to book a training session in English.
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If a group is formed, librarians can come to your department.
Invite a Subject Librarian to Lecture
- We can introduce:
- electronic sources of scientific information on a specific topic;
- provide compilation of bibliographical lists on any subject;
- provide citation rules.
- To invite a Subject Librarian, please fill out the form "Book a librarian”.
Bibliographic management programs
- We invite you to register and take advantages of all the great opportunities that Mendeley offers.
- For all questions relating to Mendeley, please contact the librarian Loreta Šetbarė by email loreta@mruni.eu, tel. (+370 5) 2714 726 or connect to the MRU community group on Mendeley where you can ask questions, discuss and share your experiences.
Lecturers Reading Rooms (I-011, I -209)
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The Lecturers Reading Rooms are located on the ground floor (I-011) and on the second floor (I-209) of the Central building.
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These Reading Rooms are open for University lecturers only.
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The Reading Rooms is equipped with computers. It is possible to connect from your laptop to the Internet.
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Printing service (free of charge) can be used in the Lecturers Reading Room (I-011).
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SPSS17 and E-signature can be used in the Lecturers Reading Room (C-I-209).
Individual Lockers
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Near Lecturers Reading Rooms (I-011, I-209) are available Individual lockers.
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You can store notes, books, computers and other items in the lockers.
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The Locker is available for a one month period.
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If you want to use the locker longer than for a one month period, please ask librarians at the Information Desk.
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The Library staff at the Information Desk has the keys to the lockers.
The Library welcomes suggestions for the acquisition of materials, which support the University's teaching and research programs.
Before suggesting a book or other materials, please check the Library catalogue to make sure that we don't already have what you're looking for.
If we don't have a particular item and you would like to recommend it for purchase, please use the Suggest a Publication form.
If you wish to suggest more than one book, please use the Book order form and send it to jalmone@mruni.eu. In addition, this form must be signed by the Head of the Department and should be passed on to Senior Librarian of Information Resource Acquisition Group Almonė Jakubčionienė (Ateities st. 20, Room: I-103, Tel.: (+370 5) 271 4724).
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Central Building Library (Ateities st. 20, Vilnius) Floor Plan | Library Tour Public Security Faculty Library (Maironio st. 27, Kaunas) |
Opening hours may vary. For more information, see
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Visitors, who want to use the Library, are issued a temporary valid Reader's Card.
Price - 20 EUR. The Reader's Card is valid for one year.
Services to visitors are provided only in
the Library’s Reading Rooms, they can’t check-out books. |
Visitors, when using the Library during
the Night Hours, must present a valid Reader's Card. |
Bibliographical References List | 
Wireless Networks |
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The service fee:
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For visitors who would like to use University Wi-Fi
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Working in the Library
Summer Opening Hours
Starting June 25th, the Library will be working on summer time hours:Mondays - Thursdays from 9:00 to 17:00 hrs.Fridays from 9:00 to 16:00 hrs.
MRU Library is open to the readers again!
Starting June 17th, we renew our traditional services and invite you to the Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Mondays - Fridays)According to the LR Government recommendations, we kindly ask you to disinfect your hands at the Library entrance; we recommend wearing face masks and keeping the safe distance from other visitors and the librarians.We also ask you to leave the books where you read them, not putting them back to the shelves.
Fee for overdue books
Starting the 1st of June, the fee for overdue books will be counted again.So we kindly ask you to return the Library books on time.
You can return Library books in the following ways:- to the Book Drop boxes which are located in the University lobby and by the Library entrance;- send them by mail to: MRU Library, Ateities str. 20, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania.
If you need information about the books taken from the Library or you want to renew the books, you can do that at mru.library.lt/en or contact us by email: abonementas@mruni.eu
Temporary Free E-Resources during COVID-19
As long as the Library work is organised remotely, we invite you to use electronic resources for your research or studies.The list is being filled constantly.Read more