Subject
Research Guides
History:
U.S. Immigration History
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on the history of immigration in the United States.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Dictionary of American History | REF E174.D52 2003 |
| Encyclopedia of Multicultural America | REF E184.A1 G14 2000 |
| A Nation of Peoples | REF E184.A1 N2866 1999 |
| Encyclopedia of American Social History | REF HN57.E58 1993 |
| Encyclopedia of Modern American Social Issues | REF HN57.K73 1997 |
| Dictionary of American Immigration History | REF JV6450.D53 1990 |
| Guarding the Golden Door | REF JV6483.D354 2004 |
| Making Americans | REF JV6483.K54 2000 |
| West’s Encyclopedia of American Law | REF KF154.W47 1998 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse call numbers E (History), HN1-200 (Social History), HQ500 (Home life), HT100-385 (Urban Sociology; the City).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- LexisNexis Academic Universe: Use to find newspaper articles on current immigration issues, policy, and legislation.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online or World Book Online: Use to find background information/history of immigration.
- NewsBank: Use to find local newspaper articles on current immigration issues.
- Expanded Academic ASAP/InfoTrac or General Reference Center Gold/InfoTrac: Use for popular magazines and for peer-reviewed scholarly journals that present original research.
- PsycINFO: Use for peer-reviewed scholarly journals that present original research on psychological aspects of immigration.
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for History.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
http://uscis.gov
Federal Government agency (formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service) - Center for Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org
independent, non-partisan immigration studies think tank - Ellis Island Immigration Museum
http://www.ellisisland.com/ellis_home.html
Ellis Island Foundation web site; history of immigration - Federation for American Immigration Reform
http://www.fairus.org
organization working to reform current U.S. immigration policies