Researching Forced Migration: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources

by Elisa Mason

September 2008

Welcome!  There are two options available for using this guide.

1.  Read through the chapters of the guide.

About this Guide

Part One: Introduction to Forced Migration

  1. Refugees

  2. Internally Displaced Persons: Conflict-displaced; Disaster-displaced; Development-displaced

  3. Trafficked Persons

  4. The Academic Perspective on Forced Migration Definitions

Part Two: Reference Sources

  1. Search Essentials: Setting the Stage for Research

  2. Methods of Searching

  3. Framework for Research: Starting Points for your Research; Expanding your Research; Supporting your Research

Part Three: Information Sources

Works Cited

2.  Locate information resources referenced in this guide using one of the following methods:

• by type of reference source (encyclopedias, handbooks, resource guides, yearbooks/annual surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, dictionaries/glossaries, geographic resources, image and multimedia resources, statistical resources)
• by type of information source (periodicals, book series, reports/research collections, people)
• by broad subject category, region or language
• by specific index term (from the International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology)
• by special feature ("Find out more about...International Refugee Law," "Find out more about...Humanitarian Assistance," "Definitions of Forced Migrants," "The Growth of an Academic Field of Study: From Refugees to Forced Migration," "Index to Bibliographies in Refugee Survey Quarterly")
• by conducting a search (use the search box in the navigation menu on the right)

This guide was made possible through a Carnegie-Whitney grant from the American Library Association (ALA).

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