Forced Migration Studies: Surveying the Reference Landscape

The purpose of this article is to characterise the current status of reference sources available in the field of forced mi-gration studies. The scholarly literature on refugees, inter-nally displaced persons, and other forced migrants has grown rapidly since the 1980s. Has a corresponding increase in related reference titles also taken place? The study of forced migration is multidisciplinary, dominated by special-ised terminology, and still evolving as a discipline. For these reasons, it is a challenging field in which to conduct re-search. Because reference sources facilitate information re-trieval and help with the clarification of concepts, they play a valuable role in supporting the research process, as well as promoting further growth of a field. This article introduces the phenomenon of forced migration, describes its growth as an academic field of study, and reports the results of a stud