Rassmatrivaetsya korpus istochnikov po istorii rossiyskoy emigratsii i rossiyskogo zarubezh'ya, vvedennykh v nauchnyy oborot otechestvennymi istorikami-emigrantovedami v 1980-2005 gg.: arkhivnye fondy (zarubezhnye arkhivy, dokumenty arkhivnogo fonda Gosudarstvennogo arkhiva RF, fondy inykh federal'nykh arkhivokhranilishch, fondy regional'nykh arkhivov); istochniki lichnogo proiskhozhdeniya (memuary i dnevniki, perepiska i inye epistolyarii, ustnye svidetel'stva, avtobiograficheskaya poeziya i proza, veshchestvennye istochniki); emigrantskaya literatura (periodicheskaya pechat', trudy vidnykh deyateley emigratsii i ikh istoricheskikh sovremennikov, retsenzii, otzyvy, nekrologi); dokumental'nye istochniki (sborniki i podborki dokumentov, foto-, kino- i videomaterialy, bibliograficheskaya produktsiya, resursy seti Internet). Prednaznachaetsya issledovatelyam istorii rossiyskoy emigratsii i rossiyskogo zarubezh'ya, prepodavatelyam i studentam gumanitarnykh vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy, rabotnikam bibliotek.