Research Guides

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Research guides are good sources to consult before and during a research project since they often discuss research methodology and strategy and highlight important print and electronic sources. Listed below are some guide on researching refugee law as well as researching related areas, such as human rights, treaties, and asylum law.

• Researching International Human Rights (UC Berkeley Law Library).
• Researching Treaties and International Agreements (UC Berkeley Law Library).
• Researching Asylum Cases (UC Berkeley Law Library).
• Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the Web (LLRX.com).
• Update to Guide to Country Research for Refugee Status Determination (LLRX.com).
  • Update to Annex: Human Rights, Country and Legal Information Resources on the Internet (LLRX.com).
• Asylum, Immigration and Refugee Law (Boston University Law Library).
• Foreign and International Law Resources: An Annotated Guide to Web Sites Around the World: Immigration and Asylum Law (Harvard Law Library).
• Researching Immigration Law (University of Minnesota Law Library).
• ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources for International Law. Covers many subjects: human rights, treaties, the United Nations, and more.

Prepared by Marci Hoffman, International and Foreign Law Librarian, UC Berkeley Law Library, January 2006.