Free Immigrant/Refugee Database

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users.

http://www.forcedmigration.org/

The Digital Library contains full-text articles from back issues of key journals in the field. Thematic Resources points you to two places, Resource Summaries of web-based resources on many themes and Research Guides leading to resources available online and elsewhere. The Image Database contains hundreds of black and white and color photographers from UN photojournalists available for free, if cited properly. It is best to search the image database by term rather than browse (you only get a sample through browsing).

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The International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology

The International Thesaurus of Refugee Terminology (ITRT) is designed to facilitate information retrieval and exchange. In print since 1988, the Thesaurus has proven an essential resource for librarians and information workers. However, the specialized nature of and ongoing evolution in refugee terminology meant that the print editions were soon outdated. In 2002, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Library and Forced Migration Online (FMO) began discussing how to create a web-based version of the Thesaurus that would be more responsive to the needs of its users.
http://www.refugeethesaurus.org/hms/home.php?publiclogin=1

Use the terms to search databases and library catalogues for a more exact search. For example if your topic is Assimilation according to the thesaurus you might want to try the term Integration as well. If you are researching participation of the refugee in decision making the term is Refugee participation but you might also try the related terms Durable solutions or Refugee assistance.

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Charles Darwin Website

The Darwin Archive housed at Cambridge University has created a portal to much of Darwin's written work, including "Journal of Researches" (1839) (or "Voyage of the Beagle"), "The Descent of Man" (1871), "The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle" (1838-43) and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th editions of the "On the Origin of Species." Approximately 50% of his work is now available online at www.darwin-online.org.uk with the remaining books, manuscripts, and notebooks to be added over the next two years.

Two other websites provide uniquely important, complementary Darwin materials: The Correspondence of Charles Darwin and The Darwin Digital Library of Evolution.