East Asian Studies

Vaclovas Biržiška Library
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Japanese culture
Japanese language
Korean culture
Korean language
Chinese culture
Chinese language
Japanese language

Final theses are prepared according to the Harvard citation style.
 
Description of the use of text generated by the GDI tool according to Harvard citation style.

Research Assistant VL	Research Assistant – an AI tool in the VMU virtual library. It responds to user queries by analyzing sources indexed in the virtual library and provides them with citations indicating the source of each part of the response.
ChatGPT	An AI language model that generates human-like responses to queries. It can be used to create teaching materials, personalize the learning process and develop students critical thinking skills. The free version has limitations (e.g., limited DALL-E – a model for translating text into images – functions), while the paid version provides access to the latest and more powerful models (e.g., GPT-5 Pro) and faster response generation.
Elicit	An AI research assistant that helps review literature and academic works, systematize data, automate article selection and extract data. The free version offers unlimited searches, summaries and reports (up to 4 documents at a time), while in the paid "Plus" / "Pro" versions, the number of abstracts increases to 8 documents at a time and unlimited export of data tables to CSV/BIB/RIS formats, more detailed document previews and notifications with the latest information on research in the selected field are also provided.
Gemini	An AI language model that generates human-like responses to queries. "Deep Research" allows you to browse websites, analyze information and create detailed reports, while "Gemini Live" allows you to create learning plans, topic summaries and practice presentations. The paid versions, "Google AI Pro" and "Google AI Ultra", provide access to the more powerful "2.5 Pro" model, more accurate and faster "Deep Research", video generation with "Veo 3" and more options with the "NotebookLM" research and writing assistant.
Keenious	An AI academic research tool designed to help students and researchers find scientific literature. It analyzes the uploaded document and, using interdisciplinary methods, recommends similar or related scientific articles. Provides access to more than 250 million academic works. The free version provides access to all search results and unlimited chats, while the paid version provides full access with a university or organization license (access for students/employees, interface with library resources, training and webinars offered).
Litmaps	A tool for scientific literature research. Creates a visual map of academic literature, finds related sources on a selected topic from more than 270 million resources. The free version provides access to basic search, up to 20 queries and 2 visual maps, while the paid "Pro" and "Teams" versions offer advanced search and an unlimited number of articles and visual maps to analyze.
Perplexity	AI search engine and chatbot. Provides links to sources used for the answer and related thematic questions. The free version offers basic search, limited "Pro" and file upload features (up to 3 files per day), while the paid version provides access to more powerful AI models, unlimited visual generation, file uploads and analysis.
Research Rabbit	AI tool for academic research and literature reviews. Categorizes academic works into thematic sections (collections), creates an interactive visual map based on the selected topic and shows citation tendencies for academic works. All available features are free of charge.
SciSpace	AI assistant that helps manage, write and publish academic works, analyze and visualize data and create websites or presentations.  The free version offers up to 30 query views, 5 bibliography downloads, suggestions and integrated spell checking, while the paid versions, "Researcher" and "Teams", offer unlimited queries and downloads, security and faster support.
Scite	An AI platform that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles using smart citations. Evaluates the reliability and impact of scientific articles, discovers important and contradictory evidence, improves research results. The free version offers a DI assistant function, full-text search, citation reports, while the paid version provides full access with a university or organization license (more powerful DI models and their capabilities, data export and analysis, higher security and confidentiality levels).
Semantic Scholar	An AI academic research search engine that uses machine learning to identify connections, relevance and key findings in scientific articles. All available features are free of charge.

 

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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)  
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, philology, translations, regional studies, history and more.

Airiti Library – TEPS  
Taiwan academic journals. Multi-disciplinary. Full text. VMU computer network.

Airiti Library – Chinese Electronic Theses and Dissertations  
Chinese-language electronic degree thesis and disertation service database. VMU computer network.

Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search      
Japan`s leading newspaper "Asahi Shimbun". Multi-disciplinary. VMU computer network.

Ebook Central (Academic Complete)   
Multi-disciplinary database. The widest range of subject areas including East Asian culture, religion, literature, politics and more.

eBooks on Science Direct   
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, politics, education and more.

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection    
Multi-disciplinary database including education, religion, linguistics, politics in East Asian regions.

OAPEN Library  
Academic books including education, religion, linguistics, politics of East Asian regions.

Cambridge Core  
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, art, economy. List of subscribed Humanities and Social Sciences Collection.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)    
Multi-disciplinary database including  East Asian religion, culture, history and more.

Oxford Journals Collection  
Multi-disciplinary database including topics for East Asian Studies. List of 280 subscribed journals.

SAGE Journals Online   
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian politics, international relations, history and more. List of subscribed journals.

China Core Newspapers      
China newspapers full-text database Multi-disciplinary. VMU computer network.

Chinamaxx eBooks    
China e-books. Full text. VMU computer network.

China Statistical Yearbooks Database/China Data Insights    
China statistical databasis. VMU computer network.

People’s Daily    
China’s most influential and authoritative newspaper “Renmin Ribao” (“People’s Daily”). Multi-disciplinary. Full-text.

Yomidasu. Yomiuri Database Service    
Japanese newspaper „The Yomiuri Shimbun“. Multi-disciplinary. Full-text.

ScienceDirect  
Multi-disciplinary database including  East Asian culture, religion, history. Subscribed journals Freedom Collection. Some resources are open access.

 

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You can find books dedicated to Asian studies are collected in the open collection of the Vaclovas Biržiška Library. Older books on this topic are kept in repositories. 
Information about the items available in the library is provided in the VMU virtual library. Most books can be requested. 
Information about e-books is available in the VMU virtual library.

More books – in licensed databases. 

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)  
Catalogue containing full-text e-books from academic publishers, among which Vytautas Magnus University Press as well. Topics include Asian art, languages, history, politics, religion.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)   ​
Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe.

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Searching for journals in the VMU virtual library.

Searching for newspaper in the VMU virtual library.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  
Directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed multi-disciplinary journals. Topics include East Asian culture, art, economy, politics.

Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals       ​​
One of the best collaborative, peer-reviewed online publishing platforms in the industry today. Topics include Islam, human rights, migration.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL)   ​
Leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe.

Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search     
Japan Newspapers “Asahi Shimbun”.

China Core Newspapers    

Japan Times Archives    
Japanese newspaper “Japan Times” in English.

People’s Daily    
Chinese newspaper “Renmin Ribao” (“People’s Daily”).

Cambridge Journals Online (archyvas)    ​
Scientific journals in various fields.

Niponica : discovering Japan 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Japan. 

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eScholarship (University of California, California Digital Library)      ​​​
A repository of scientific journals, dissertations, conference proceedings, etc. in various fields. These also include sources on East Asian politics, culture, education, history and more.

HathiTrust Digital Library    ​
A collection of over a million titles from around the world. Scientific information in various fields is provided.

Hong Kong Institutional Repositories    ​
The Institutional repository of the Hong Kong Library of Science and Technology, which publishes research data, theses, articles, reports from eight public universities. Reviews, translations of philosophical texts are also published.

Japanese Historical Maps     ​​
The East Asian Library collection of historical maps of Japan. Rare maps of Edo (now Tokyo), Kyoto, Osaka, and other Japanese cities are also provided.

Korea Science      
The repository of the Korean Science and Technology Center, which contains articles from interdisciplinary journals. Most sources come from authorities, universities, institutes, knowledge services.

Science Research.com   
Multi-disciplinary database including East Asian culture, religion, history, East Asian art, literature, personalities, history and more.

 

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Dissertations and theses in the VMU science management system (CRIS ETD)

Dissertations and theses in the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa ETD)

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EBSCO Open Dissertations
This platform allows researchers around the world to more easily access electronic versions of dissertations. The database contains more than 1.5 million dissertations from various fields of science.

The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations NDLTD
The international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations. Support electronic publishing and open access to scholarship in order to enhance the sharing of knowledge worldwide.

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Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)  
Quality-assured global directory of academic repositories. Access may be restricted by cache settings, such as those available on the intranet.

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)  
One of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 150 million documents from more than 7,000 sources.

OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) 
The quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. Peer-reviewed articles, conference proceedings, books, course material, audio-visual recordings, research data, unpublished works, publications, reports, doctoral or master 's theses, etc.

 

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Britanica Online    
Encyclopaedia

Japanese-Lithuanian dictionary   

CrossAsia    ​​
Database of Asian Studies prepared by the German National Library. Choose the CrossAsia Fulltext Search collection to search for full-text documents.

Voice of the Shuttle     ​
Publicly available since 1995, links to humanitarian resources online.

Internet Archive      ​​
World Digital Library. Resources of various types and disciplines are provided.

Europeana     
A digital library providing access to books, newspapers, film excerpts, maps, photographs and other documents from national libraries, archives and museums in European countries. Copyright and/or related rights to the object apply. Topics include East Asian art, history, economics, politics and more.