1. RESEARCHING REFUGEE AND ASYLUM LAW Margaret Clark, Reference Librarian FSU College of Law Research Center February 2010

2. Refugee & Asylum Law Research Step 1: Choosing a topic Step 2: Pre-emption check Step 3: Background research Step 4: Primary Materials

3. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness

4. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness BNA U.S. Law Week

7. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness Sign up for BNA Email

8. Step 1: Choosing a Topic News Aggregators

9. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

10. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Specialized current awareness

12. Step 1: Choosing a Topic Blogs Online publication tools for posting commentary, news, opinions and debating issues

13. Step 2: Pre-Emption Check Determine that nobody else has published on same thesis as yours Use step-by-step handout Consult cutting-edge resources

14. Step 2: Pre-Emption CheckScholarly papers Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

16. Refugee and Asylum law Research is challenging! Field is interdisciplinary Research is found primarily in reports and working papers Need for current information

17. Step 3: Background ResearchSecondary Sources Research guides Books and treatises Journal articles Reports / Country Reports News sources

18. Step 3: Background ResearchResearch Guides Use research guides that organize the primary and secondary sources By Elisa Mason Guide to Forced Migration Resources on the Web Guide to International Refugee Law on the Web By others Asylum Case Research Guide(Georgetown) Refugee Protection Research Guide(Georgetown)

21. Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises Texts AILA’s Asylum Primer, 3rd ed. The Refugee under International Law Rights of Refugees under International Law Loose-leafs Immigration Law and Procedure, Lexis Immigration Law Service, West

22. Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises TOOLS FOR LOCATING TREATISES FSU Online Catalog WorldCat IndexMaster Digital Libraries Westlaw & Lexis

25. Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating Digital Libraries

26. Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating

27. Step 3: Background ResearchTreatises - Tools for locating

29. Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

30. Index to Legal Periodicals (ILP)

33. Hein Online

35. Step 3: Background ResearchReports

36. Step 3: Background ResearchReports

37. Step 3: Background ResearchCountry Reports

38. STEP 4: Primary Materials Treaties and conventions Domestic legislation Case law

39. STEP 4: Primary MaterialsTreaties and conventions FINDING TEXT OF TREATIES Refugee Treaties – RefWorld Legal Collection U Minn Human Rights Library Status of Refugee Treaties U.N. Treaty Collection Ratification – Reservations - Declarations

40. STEP 4: Primary MaterialsDomestic Legislation REFLEG–UNHCR Foreign Law Guide Westlaw or LexisNexis

53. Final Words Give yourself plenty of time. Review published research guides or review Pathfinder. Develop a research strategy and keep a journal of what you’ve searched and where. Lots on the Web but NOT EVERYTHING. ILL process may take a week or more Please ASK for help from Librarians!

54. Questions?