The Library and Information Centre of Varna University of Management supports teaching, learning and research by providing access to library collections, electronic scientific databases, a Virtual Learning Environment and selected Open Access resources.
VUM students, academic staff and researchers have access to resources provided through VUM institutional subscriptions, national subscriptions funded by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, access to Cardiff Metropolitan University subscription-based electronic library resources through the academic partnership, as well as authoritative Open Access platforms.
For some subscription-based resources, institutional access is recognised automatically when using the VUM internet network. Certain platforms also support remote access through a registered user account associated with institutional access.
The Library and Information Centre (BIC) is VUM’s main library and information resource hub and supports the teaching, research and academic activities of students, academic staff and employees.
The collection includes textbooks and academic literature, reference works, periodicals, electronic resources and other materials in Bulgarian, English and other languages in VUM’s principal academic areas:
The Library also maintains a collection of student dissertations and other academic work.
Services for external users are provided in accordance with the Library’s current user regulations.
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Additional Access to Cardiff Metropolitan University Subscription-based Library Resources
As part of the academic partnership between Varna University of Management and Cardiff Metropolitan University, VUM students who are also enrolled as Cardiff Metropolitan University students on the relevant partner programmes are provided with access to Cardiff Met’s subscription-based electronic library resources.
Access is provided through MetSearch, Cardiff Metropolitan University’s library discovery platform, through which users can access licensed academic databases, electronic journals, e-books and other scholarly resources subscribed to by Cardiff Met.
Students access licensed resources using their Cardiff Met account. Access is linked to their status as registered Cardiff Metropolitan University students and is subject to the licensing conditions of individual publishers and resource providers.
VUM academic and other staff involved in the delivery of Cardiff Metropolitan University programmes may also receive a Cardiff Met account. Their access to subscription-based electronic resources may be more limited than student access and depends on the licensing conditions applicable to individual resources.
Type of access: Cardiff Metropolitan University subscription-based electronic resources available to eligible VUM students and staff through the academic partnership
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Online Campus (Moodle) is VUM’s primary Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and is used to organise and support teaching and learning within individual modules.
Through the platform, students can access learning materials, presentations, case studies, assignments, self-study resources and other materials provided within their modules.
Online Campus is also used for setting and submitting assignments, carrying out learning and assessment activities, publishing results, and facilitating communication between academic staff and students.
VUM provides students with access to subscription-based similarity checking and academic integrity tools. PlagiarismCheck.org is provided through a direct VUM institutional subscription, while Turnitin is available through the collaborative arrangement with Cardiff Metropolitan University for students enrolled on the relevant partner programmes.
PlagiarismCheck.org – direct VUM institutional subscription. The tool is integrated into Online Campus (Moodle) and is applied to student submissions in the relevant assignments.
Turnitin – subscription-based access provided as part of VUM’s collaborative arrangement with Cardiff Metropolitan University. For students enrolled on Cardiff Met programmes, Turnitin is integrated into the Cardiff Met Virtual Learning Environment and is applied to their submissions.
Students do not need to create a separate account, install additional software or upload their work separately to these services – the similarity check is integrated into the submission process in the relevant Virtual Learning Environment.
Where a similarity report is made available to students, it can be used as a learning tool to improve academic writing: to check citation and attribution, identify overly close paraphrasing and better understand how sources are being used. The purpose is not simply to “reduce the percentage” or disguise plagiarised material, but to develop sound practices in citation, paraphrasing and independent academic work.
| Resource | Type of access | Access |
|---|---|---|
| EBSCO Business Source Complete | VUM subscription | ACCESS |
| ScienceDirect | National subscription funded by the Ministry of Education and Science | ACCESS |
| ProQuest Central Premium | National subscription funded by the Ministry of Education and Science | ACCESS |
EBSCO Business Source Complete is a specialised academic database for business, management and economics, providing scholarly journals, market and industry reports, company profiles, case studies, SWOT analyses and other academic and professional sources.
ScienceDirect is Elsevier’s scholarly platform providing full-text access to peer-reviewed research across a broad range of academic disciplines.
ProQuest Central Premium is a multidisciplinary research platform combining scholarly journals, dissertations, working papers, reports, professional and news sources and business and industry information.
| Resource | Type of access | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Scopus | National subscription funded by the Ministry of Education and Science | ACCESS |
| Web of Science Core Collection | National subscription funded by the Ministry of Education and Science | ACCESS |
Scopus is Elsevier’s international abstract and citation database for discovering scholarly publications and analysing authors, citations, journals and institutional research output. Where full text is available through ScienceDirect, another institutional subscription or Open Access, Scopus provides a link to the relevant source.
Web of Science Core Collection is Clarivate’s international bibliographic and citation database for discovering and analysing scholarly literature, authors, citations, journals and research organisations.
VUM access includes major indexes such as:
Web of Science Research Assistant is also available and provides AI-supported tools for research discovery and literature analysis.
VUM’s institutional access includes additional resources supporting research, research management and the discovery of different types of research output:
Derwent Innovations Index – international patent information for exploring patents, inventions, organisations, innovation and technological developments.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index – discovery of doctoral dissertations and other academic research and their links to scholarly literature.
Grants Index – information on funded research projects, funding organisations, researchers and research areas.
Policy Citation Index – links between academic research and policy documents.
Preprint Citation Index – discovery and tracking of research outputs prior to formal publication.
Data Citation Index – research datasets and their links to publications and other research outputs.
| Resource | Type of access | Access |
|---|---|---|
| InCites Benchmarking & Analytics | National subscription funded by the Ministry of Education and Science | ACCESS |
InCites Benchmarking & Analytics is Clarivate’s research analytics platform based on Web of Science data.
It supports the analysis and benchmarking of research output, citation impact, researchers, institutions and research fields and can be used for institutional analysis, benchmarking and research reporting.
The following resources are freely accessible and do not require an institutional subscription.
| Resource | Main subject areas | Access |
|---|---|---|
| ACM Digital Library | Computing and Information Technology | ACCESS |
| DOAJ | Multidisciplinary | ACCESS |
| CORE | Multidisciplinary | ACCESS |
| IDEAS / RePEc | Economics and Finance | ACCESS |
| arXiv | Computing, Mathematics and related disciplines | ACCESS |
ACM Digital Library is a leading scholarly platform of the Association for Computing Machinery covering computer science and information technology. From 1 January 2026, ACM publications are available on an Open Access basis. It is particularly relevant to Software Systems and Technologies.
DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals is an international index of Open Access scholarly journals across a broad range of academic disciplines.
CORE aggregates freely accessible scholarly publications from institutional and subject repositories worldwide.
IDEAS / RePEc is a specialised scholarly resource for economics, finance and related academic disciplines.
arXiv is an international Open Access repository for preprints and research papers, particularly in computer science, mathematics, statistics and machine learning. Some materials may not yet have undergone formal peer review.
Access to scholarly literature and the ability to publish without an author charge are different services. Access to a database does not automatically mean that publication in the journals it hosts or indexes is free of charge.
Under the national agreement between the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science and Elsevier, eligible authors affiliated with participating Bulgarian institutions may publish eligible article types Open Access without paying an Article Publishing Charge (APC) in participating hybrid Elsevier journals.
Key conditions include:
VUM authors are advised to use their institutional @vum.bg e-mail address when submitting manuscripts.
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From 2026, ACM publications are available to readers on an Open Access basis.
This does not automatically mean that publication is free of charge for authors. Publishing conditions depend on institutional participation in ACM Open, the relevant publication or conference and the applicable APC, waiver or discount arrangements.
Crossref is an international scholarly infrastructure for registering persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and associated metadata for research outputs.
As a Crossref member, VUM can register DOIs for scholarly content published by the University, including journal articles, books and book chapters, proceedings, reports and other eligible research outputs. DOI registration provides persistent identification of scholarly works and supports their discovery, citation and connection with the wider scholarly record.
VUM DOI prefix: 10.54055
Type: institutional membership / scholarly publishing infrastructure
