Urtė Milkintaitė
Studies and Research Support Division
Central Library
Universiteto str. 3 (Professor Jurgis Lebedys Room, Room 335)
Tel.: +370 5 268 7130
Contacts:
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Subject collection: Institute of International Relations and Political Science Reading Room.
Databases
EBSCO databases:
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) – multi-disciplinary database of scholarly journals.
Business Source Ultimate (EBSCO) – business source database.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO) – articles from USA and other countries newspapers.
Central & Eastern European Academic Source (EBSCO) – multi-disciplinary journals from Central and Eastern Europe.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) – scientific journals in all fields of humanities.
multi-disciplinary database of Cambridge university press scholarly journals.
A multidisciplinary database of scholarly journals.
JSTOR
Full text multi-disciplinary archive of scholarly journals. Subscribed collections: Arts & Sciences I; Arts & Sciences II; Arts & Sciences III; Arts & Sciences IV, Arts & Sciences V.
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)
Articles from USA and other countries newspapers.
SAGE Journals Online
Scientific journals in all fields of science.
Springer LINK
The database contains full-text research journals published by Springer Verlag and Kluwer Academic Press on the issues of biomedicine, medicine, life sciences, physics, mathematics, engineering, computing, humanities, social sciences, etc.
Project MUSE Journals
A collection of online journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Taylor&Francis
The database gives online access to journals published by Taylor & Francis and Routledge. Full text journals in fields of humanities, social sciences, medicine, public health, etc. Accessible all online publications issued in the chronological order from the latest issues of current year with a 20 year back life.
Wiley Online Library
Scientific journals in all fields of science.
E-books databases
Academic Complete Collection on Proquest Ebook Central
The database of electronic books in all fields of science. Over 70 000 ebooks. You can both read books acquired by VU Library and place new orders. The instruction for book ordering.
Brill Online Books
Humanities, International Law & Biology database of eBooks.
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCO)
The database of electronic books in all fields of science. Over 60 000 ebooks.
eBooks on Cambridge Core
Over 35 000 ebooks published by Cambridge University Press and their Partners. Cambridge Core spans over 30 subjects across Humanities, Social Sciences and Science, Technology and Medicine.
eBooks on ScienceDirect
Full text eBooks collection.
The collection of electronic books by Oxford Scholarship Online provides access to the latest and most advanced scientific studies on humanitarian, social, natural, medical and law subjects.
Springer LINK eBooks
Multi-disciplinary database of ebooks.
A collection of e-books on the topics of economics, marketing, accounting and finance. The access available after creating an account (using a VPN is necessary).
Wiley Online Library Books
The database of electronic books in all fields of science.
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ebooks collection
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ebooks collection, consisting of academic books humanities, social and natural science topics.
Open Access Resources
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
A comprehensive directory of Open Access journals, created at Lund University. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals in all subjects and languages.
DART-Europe (DEEP)
Access over 806 000 open access research theses from 617 Universities from different European countries.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
DOAB provides academic, peer-reviewed books in Open Access, as submitted by academic publishers, internationally, in many different language. Topics are far-reaching.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. In this database you can various collections available online.
Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities (LIDA)
The largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in Lithuania.
Manuscriptorium
Manuscriptorium aggregates manuscripts, incunabula, early printed books, maps, charters and other types of documents from many institutions across Europe and beyond. The project is coordinated by the National Library of the Czech Republic.
OAPEN Library
OAPEN is an online library and publication platform that collects open-access books in the humanities and social sciences from throughout Europe.
OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data.
OpenDOAR
An authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.
Oxford Journals Open Access
This collection includes Open Access articles from academic and research journals provided by Oxford, all available free of charge.
Project Gutenberg
One of the biggest collections of free downloadable ebooks, created since 1971. Project Gutenberg offers over 57,000 free eBooks. No fee or registration is required.
Springer Open Access Journals
This collection includes Open Access articles provided by Springer, all available free of charge. Articles published under the Bohn Stafleu van Loghum are not included.
SSRN
Digital repository of scholarly papers in social science downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
Journals
Baltic Journal of Law & Politics
Journal of law & political science, published by Vytautas Magnus University.
Baltic Journal of Political Science
Journal published by Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science.
Bridges
Journal of various science research, published by Klaipėda University.
European Council Studies (Access from VU network only, which can be accessed via VPN.)
European Employment Law Cases (EELC)
Academic journal in the area of European labour law and social policy.
Genocide and Resistance
Journal of genocide and resistance, published by The Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania.
International Security (Access from VU network only, which can be accessed via VPN.)
Journal of Cold War Studies (Access from VU network only, which can be accessed via VPN.)
Legal Issues
Journal of law, published by Institute of Law.
Politologija
Research papers of political sciences, published by Vilnius University.
Public Policy and Administration
Publication of public policy and administration, published by Kaunas University of Technology and Mykolas Romeris University.
Science
Scientific journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
Social Work
Publication of social work, published by Mykolas Romeris University.
Social Science Studies
Publication of social sciences, published by Mykolas Romeris University.
The Year-Book of Lithuanian History
Journal of Lithuanian historical studies, published by Lithuanian Institute of History.
Journals with passwords
Contact TSPMI reading room librarian or your subject librarian for your login name and password.
The Economist
Journal in the area of economics, business and finance, world politics, science and technology.
Foreign Affairs
This is the US International Relations and Foreign Policy Magazine.
TOP Journals (WoS rating)
Political Science (Web of Science category – Political Science) Information updated 2023 08 214
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Nr. |
Title |
ISSN |
Journal Impact Factor |
JIF Quartile |
Accessibility |
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1. |
Annual Review of Political Science | 1094-2939 | 10.08 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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2. |
Policy and Society | 1449-4035 | 10.104 | Q1 | Open access journal |
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3. |
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION | 0020-8183 | 7.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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4. |
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION | 1058-4609 | 7.5 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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5. |
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW | 0003-0554 | 6.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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6. |
Contemporary Security Policy | 1352-3260 | 5.9 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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7. |
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS | 0964-4016 | 5.5 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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8. |
POLITICAL ANALYSIS | 047-1987 | 5.4 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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9. |
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH | 0304-4130 | 5.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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10. |
BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE | 0007-1234 | 5.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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11. |
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES | 0010-4140 | 5.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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12. |
WORLD POLITICS | 0043-8871 | 5.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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13. |
Policy and Internet | 1944-2866 | 4.9 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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14. |
International Journal of Press-Politics | 1940-1612 | 4.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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15. |
Global Environmental Politics | 1526-3800 | 4.8 | Q1 | Subscribed (except last year issues) |
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16. |
POLICY AND POLITICS | 0305-5736 | 4.7 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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17. |
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 0162-895X | 4.6 | Q1 | Subscribed only print version |
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18. |
Journal of Chinese Political Science | 1080-6954 | 4.4 | Q1 | Subscribed (except last year issues) |
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19. |
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 0969-2290 | 4.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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20. |
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY | 1053-1858 | 4.2 | Q1 | Subscribed |
International Relations (WoS category – International Relations). Information updated 2023 08 14
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Nr. |
Title |
ISSN |
Journal Impact Factor |
JIF Quartile |
Accessibility |
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1. |
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION | 0020-8183 | 7.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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2. |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS | 0015-7120 | 7.5 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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3. |
Contemporary Security Policy | 1352-3260 | 5.9 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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4. |
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY | 0162-2889 | 5.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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5. |
WORLD POLITICS | 0043-8871 | 5.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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6. |
Global Environmental Politics | 1526-3800 | 4.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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7. |
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | 0020-5850 | 4.5 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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8. |
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW | 0002-9300 | 4.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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9. |
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY | 0969-2290 | 4.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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10. |
NEW POLITICAL ECONOMY | 1356-3467 | 4.2 | Subscribed | |
| 11. | EMERGING MARKETS FINANCE AND TRADE | 1540-496X | 4.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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12. |
Review of International Organizations | 1559-7431 | 3.9 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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13. |
Marine Policy | 0308-597X | 3.8 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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14. |
JOURNAL OF PEACE RESEARCH | 0022-3433 | 3.6 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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15. |
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 1354-0661 | 3.4 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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16. |
International Studies Review | 1521-9488 | 3.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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17. |
International Theory | 1752-9719 | 3.3 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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18. |
SECURITY DIALOGUE | 0967-0106 | 3.2 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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19. |
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION | 0022-0027 | 3.1 | Q1 | Subscribed |
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20. |
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES | 0260-2105 | 3.0 | Q1 | Subscribed |
Reference management tools
Zotero
It‘s a free citation management tool for saving and organizing references.
Useful Links
A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union
An alphabetical guide to the people and institutions of the European Union. The perfect reference book on a subject of enduring interest and constant topicality.
Centre for Geopolitical Studies
EUROSTAT
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its mission is to provide high quality statistics for Europe.
EuroVoc
EuroVoc is a multilingual, multidisciplinary thesaurus covering the activities of the EU. It contains terms in 23 EU languages.
Official Statistics Portal
System of Lithuanian official statistics.
EUROPA
European Union website - EUROPA is the official EU website that provides access to information published by all EU institutions, agencies and bodies.
Lituanistika
Research on humanities and social sciences about the past and present of Lithuanian state, society, culture, nation and language.
Register of Legal Acts (e-tar)
The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania
The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
International Affairs Resources is an Internet directory of over 2000 annotated links to high-quality English-language sources of information and analysis in many international and global studies topics. Sites are carefully selected for their long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, authoritative information and analysis online.