Books Journal articles
Miscellaneous documents Reference resources
Theses and dissertations Websites
Search engines Institutions, organizations
Research analytics tools Referencing tools
Open educational resources  
 
Books


De Gruyter eBooks Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multi-disciplinary book collection including democracy, politics, immigrants, elections, communication. 

eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO) 
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, diplomacy, international relations, journalism, communication, mass media.

Ebook Central (Academic Complete) Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, diplomacy, international relations, regional studies, journalism, communication, mass media.

eBook Open Access Collection (EBSCO)Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, diplomacy, international relations, journalism, communication, mass media.

ebooks on ScienceDirect 
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, public relations, journalism, mass media.

OAPEN Library Some full text available openURL
Academic books including politics, mass media, security.
 
Journal articles

Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) 
Multi-disciplinary database including politics,diplomacy, communication.

Cambridge Core (Humanities and Social Sciences Collection)
Multi-disciplinary database including politics,​diplomacy, international relations, communication, journalism, mass media. list

Electronic Journals Library Some full text available openURL
e-journals including political science, journalism.

Journals For Free Some full text available openURL
Open access e-journals including politics, communication and information science.

JSTOR 
Multi-disciplinary database including migration, politics, diplomacy, international relations, communication, journalism, mass media. 

MasterFILE Premier (EBSCO)  
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, international relations, diplomacy, migration, communication, journalism, mass media.

Newspaper Source (EBSCO) 
National newspaper articles, TV and radio news.

OECD iLibrary Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multidisciplinary database including politics, migration. Full-text articles subscribed until 11/01/2012.

Oxford Journals Collection
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, diplomacy, international relations, mass media, communication.

SAGE Journals Online 
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, journalism, regional studies. list

ScienceDirect 
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, public relations, journalism.

Springer Journals Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, international relations, communication, mass media. list  

SpringerLink Archive Restricted ResourceSome full text available
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, international relations, communication, mass media. list 

Taylor & Francis 
Multi-disciplinary database including philosophy, communication, politics, diplomacy, international relations, journalism, mass media. Subscribed articles since 1997.list

Wiley Online Library  
Multi-disciplinary database including politics, diplomacy, international relations, communication, journalism.  list
 
Miscellaneous documents

Research Management System VMU CRIS Some full text available openURL
Journals, books, publications of scientists, profiles of scientists, ongoing projects, research departments, dissertations, final theses published by the University. Some of the works have an embargo period.

 eLABa Some full text available openURL
Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library, which collects and makes available to the public research and study documents and / or their metadata. Some of the works have an embargo period.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)  Some full text available openURL
Scientific database including politics, international relations, journalism, communication, mass media. Registration is required,

Council of Europe Online Resources Some full text available openURL
Council of Europe open resources on various topics.

Europeana Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video
Digital library providing access to books, newspapers, film excerpts, maps, photographs and other documents from national libraries, archives and museums in European countries.

Publications Office of the European Union Some full text available openURL
European Union database with digital access to the register of all official EU documents of the EU institutions and the EU open data portal. Here you can find reports, studies, information brochures, magazines and other publications of the EU institutions and other bodies on EU governance, law, security and defense, economics, employment, finance and other EU publications.

Internet Archive Some full text available openURL Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio
Global digital library, topics include politics, international relations, diplomacy, journalism, communication, media. Registered users can download books for reading at home for 14 days.

LiDA Some full text available openURL
Lithuanian Humanities and Social Sciences Data Archive.

Lituanistika Some full text available openURL
International scientific database covering research in the humanities and social sciences, the object of which is the development and present of the Lithuanian state, society, culture, Lithuanian nation, language.

Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) Some full text available openURL
Oxford scientific institutional repository.
 
Reference resources

Ballotpedia Some full text available openURL
Virtual encyclopedia of American politics

Dictionary.com  openURL
General virtual dictionary.

Encyclopaedia Britannica openURL
General virtual encyclopedia.

Encyclopedia.com Some full text available openURL
General virtual encyclopedia.

Meriam-webster.com openURL
General virtual dictionary of English language.

Thesaurus.com openURL
General vocabulary indicating semantic word connections.

WordReference.com openURL
Multilingual dictionary.
 
Theses and dissertations

VMU ETD Some full text available openURL
 E-theses and dissertations in the Research Management System VMU CRIS.

 eLABa Some full text available openURL
Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library, which collects and makes available to the public research and study documents and / or their metadata. Some of the works have an embargo period.

DART-Europe Some full text available openURL
E-theses and dissertations in the European universities.

EBSCO Open Dissertations Some full text available openURL
Opem access e-dissertations.

EThoS: e-theses online service Some full text available openURL
UK digital doctoral dissertation search engine.

NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations) Some full text available openURL
Final theses and dissertations of world science and study institutions.

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) Some full text available openURL
E-theses and dissertations.
 
PQDT Open Some full text available openURL
Proquest open access e-thesis and dissertation database.
 
Websites

AVAAZopenURL
A global web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-making everywhere.
is lobal web movement to bring people-powered politics to decision-akingeverywhere
CrossAsia Some full text available openURL
Database of Asian Studies prepared by the German National Library.

data.europa.eu Some full text available openURL
Official website of the European Union data

E-International Relations (E-IR)  Some full text available openURL
The most famous open access website for international politics.

Official Statistics Portal Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
Lithuanian official statistical data system.
 
Search engines
 
ResearchManagementSystem (VMU CRIS) openURL Some full text available
Scientific publicationsmaster theses and doctoral dissertations (ETD), university-published e-books and journalsscientists’ profilesprojects and other documents. Some of the works have an embargo period. 

VMU Virtual Library openURL
An integrated one-stop search system that allows searching the University Library catalog, VMU Science Management System (VMU CRIS), subscribed databases, Lithuanian Academic Library (eLABa) and global academic open access resources. Some of the works have an embargo period. 

 VMU Library Catalogue openURL  
 Books, periodicals, maps, manuscripts, sheet music, audio and video recordings, rare and old, e. documents, etc. 

 VMU Course Reserves openURL
 Information resources recommended for study modules. You can search by study module code or title. 

Lithuanian Virtual Library Some full text available openURL
Integrated search system allowing search in Lithuanian academic libraries and other databases.

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) Some full text available openURL
Open access e-science search engine.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Some full text available openURL
Catalogue of open access books including politics, international relations, journalism, communication.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Some full text available openURL
Catalogue of open access scientific journals including politics, international relations, journalism, communication.

Directory of Open Access Repositories – OpenDOAR) Some full text available openURL
Register of open access institutional repositories.

FreeFullPDF Some full text available openURL
Scientific resource search system.

Google Books openURL
E- book search engine. Partial keyword previews are available.

Google Scholar  Some full text available openURL
Search engine that searches for scientific production published by scientific publishers, professional associations, universities and other research institutions.

iBiblioteka openURL
Lithuanian integral library information system.

ScienceResearch.com Some full text available openURL
Scientific information search engine.

WorldWideScience.org Some full text available openURL
Global search engine in the national and international scientific databases and websites.
 
Institutions, organizations

 Civil Service Department under the Ministry of the interior of the Republic of Lithuania Some full text available openURL
Financial, statistical, legal and other information about the civil service.

CONCORD openURL
The European Confederation of NGOs working on sustainable development and international cooperation.

Eurostat Some full text available openURL Resource contains images
Statistical Office of the European Union.
 
Government of the Republic of Lithuania Some full text available openURL
Information on the activities of the Lithuanian government, ministries and agencies.

Inter-Parliamentary Union Some full text available openURL
Website of the global organization of national parliaments

IPSA (International Political Science Association) Some full text available openURL
Website of the International Association of Political Science with lots of useful information for both researchers and students. Including IPSA Portal with 300 links to important websites.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania Some full text available openURL
Information on the activities of the Ministry, Lithuanian foreign policy guidelines, international agreements, consular services and economic diplomacy.

Ministry of National Defence of Republic of Lithuania Some full text available openURL
Information on the Ministry's activities, defense policy and international cooperation

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Some full text available openURL
Official website of NATO, which provides information on its history and development, international security, national security, international relations including database of various official documents and periodicals.

Nevyriausybinių organizacijų informacijos ir paramos centras / NGO Information and Support Center Some full text available openURL
Useful information about non-governmental organizations: their activities, funding and various projects.

Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Some full text available openURL
History of the Seimas, information on the activities of the current Seimas, public relations, international relations, the information system of legal acts and the register of legal acts.

POLITICO Some full text available openURL
Global nonpartisan organization website. Here you can find information on polics, economics, media and other  topics.

United Nations Some full text available openURL
International organization working in the field of peace, security and human rights
 
Research analytics tools

InCites Benchmarking & Analytics (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool. Personal registration is required. For the first time you need to log in from VMU computer network and click on Register an email address. VMU email address should be used for the registration.

InCites Journals and Highly Cited Data (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool. Personal registration is required. For the first time you need to log in from VMU computer network and click on Register an email address. VMU email address should be used for the registration.

Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) Restricted Resource
Customized, citation-based research analytics tool.
 
Referencing tools

EndNoteRestricted Resource
Reference management tool. It is licensed together with Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics) database. Register and log in with VMU email data. If you already have Web of Science, ResearcherID ar Publons personal profiles, you should use the same log in data for EndNote.

RefWorks Restricted Resource
Bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; prepare bibliographies according to various citation styles; to use the text creation tool “Write-N-Cite” in “MS Word” and to insert references to the sources in the text and to prepare a bibliography.

Mendeley openURL
Free bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; to prepare lists of literature sources according to various citation styles; use the “Mendeleyʼs Citation Plugin” in “MS Word” and insert links to sources in the text and prepare a bibliography.

Zotero openURL
Free bibliographic information management program. It can be used to save bibliographic records of information sources; sort them into catalogs by topics or other attributes, edit, search for records; prepare bibliographies according to various citation styles; use the “Zotero” plugin in “MS Word” and insert links to sources in the text and prepare a bibliography.
 
Open educational resources

Alison Some full text available openURL
One of the world's largest free learning platforms for education and skills development. Any level of subjects can be studied online.

Coursera Some full text available openURL
Free online courses from the world's best universities and companies on a variety of topics.

edX openURL
Various distance learning courses and programs, including information on communication and politics.

Harvard university free online courses  openURL
Distance courses on various topics.

MERLOT Some full text available openURL
Distance learning and support materials, content creation tools websites.

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course)  openURL
Distance courses on various topics.

OER Commons Some full text available openURL
A multi-subject digital library that provides access to collections of open educational resources and other educational products that can be downloaded, shared, adapted for your own studies.

Open Textbook Library Some full text available openURL
The University of Minnesota and Purdue Multidisciplinary Open Educational Resource Library. Textbooks are free to use and adapt: download, edit and distribute.

Pressbooks Directory Some full text available openURL
Books and textbooks in various fields of science, for the development of distance education and learning opportunities. Including politics.
 

 





 
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