Research Guides: COLQ-345: Migrant Lives: Find Background Information

Reference Sources

Below are links to online reference sources and collections that are most useful for this subject:

Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture by Alison Donnell (Editor)
Publication Date: 2001
The Oxford Companion to Black British History by David Dabydeen (Editor); John Gilmore (Editor); Cecily Jones (Editor)
Publication Date: 2007
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
South-Asian History of Britain by Michael H. Fisher; Shompa Lahiri; Shinder Thandi
Call Number: DA125.S57 F576 2007

Publication Date: 2007

Tip: What are reference sources and why would I use them?

Reference sources can include encyclopedias, bibliographies, dictionaries, handbooks, and atlases.

They provide overviews of and background information on a topic
They help you identify or refine your topic
They provide quick, reliable facts
They include bibliographies that will lead you to additional sources of information on your topic

You can find the Library's collection of reference books on Floor 1 of Frost. We also have many online databases that include collections of edited scholarly encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference sources.

The video below, "5 Reasons to Use Reference Sources," from the University of Guelph Library, offers additional tips to help you use these tools.