Immigration

This research guide was prepared for students conducting research on the topic of emigration and immigration.  While the guide lists sources that cover a number of subtopics, particular attention is paid to sources that deal with the cultural aspects of immigration, immigration to the United States, and current events in immigratio

Background Information Sources:

Available in the library’s reference area:

Global Issues for Global Citizens REF HF 1359 .G5734 2006 chapter 6
Encyclopedia of World Poverty REF HV 12 .E54 2006 p 522-524
Migration and Immigration; A Global View REF JV 6035 .M542 2004
Encyclopedia of American Immigration REF JV 6465 .E53 2001
Immigrant Women in the United States; A Selectively Annotated Multidisciplinary Bibliography REF JV 6346 .W7 .G33 1989
Dictionary of American Immigration History REF JV 6450 .D53 1990
Making Americans; Immigration, Race, and the Origins of the Diverse Democracy REF JV 6483 .K54 2000
American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882 REF JV 6483 .D354 2004
Immigration and Illegal Aliens: Burden or Blessing REF JV 6465 .I4736 2008

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 JV 6035 (Emigration and Immigration- International Migration), JV6403-7127 (United States- Emigration and immigration), JV6008 (Emigration and immigration- International Migration- societies), JV6045-6049 (Immigration- Law), JV 6342 (Immigrants-Cultural assimilation), HM843 (Assimilation, Sociology), JV 6091-6107 (Causes of emigration).

  • emigration and immigration
  • socialization
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  • assisted emigration
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  • immigrants—cultural assimilation
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  • acculturation
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  • cultural fusion
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  • Americanization
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  • ethnic relations
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  • population transfers
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  • ports of entry
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  • repatriation
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  • return migration
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  • colonization
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  • acculturation
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  • assimilation (sociology)

    • Here are just a few examples of books in the circulating collection:

    • Who Belongs in America?: Presidents, Rhetoric, and Immigration JV6483 .W525 2006
    • Working Toward Whiteness: How  America’s Immigrants Became White E184 .A1 R644 2005
    • Reinventing the Melting Pot: the New Immigrants and What it Means to be American JV6475 .R45 2004
    • American Families: a Multicultural Reader HQ535 .A583 2008
    • The “Huddled Masses” Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights KF4819 .J64 2004
    • Immigrant Women Tell their Stories HQ1154 .B4148 2004
    • Gender and U.S. Immigration: Contemporary Trends JV6602 .G457 2003
    • Children of Immigration HQ792 .U5 S83 2001
    • One Nation, After All: How the Middle-Class Americans Really Think About : God, Country, Family, Racism, Welfare, Immigration, Homosexuality, Work, the Right, the Left, and Each Other HT690 .U6 W65 1998
    • Immigration: Opposing Viewpoint JV6465 .U6 I46 1998
    • Immigration: Debating the Issues JV6465 .I475 1997 

    Journals

    There are several top periodicals and journals, the following are available through the database InfoTrac:

    International Migration Review, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Sociological Perspectives, Social Science Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Aztlan- A Journal of Chicano Studies, Latin American Perspectives, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Journal of American Ethnic History, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Urban Studies, Urban Anthropology & Studies of Cultural Systems & World Economic Development, Journal of Intercultural Studies

    Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

    • InfoTrac: full suite of Gale databases
    • Expanded Academic ASAP: full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
    • CQ Researcher: in-depth objective coverage of controversial issues and current events.
    • LexisNexis: large database of current and archived newspaper articles.

    Internet Resources

    • The New York Times –Times Topic – Immigration and Emigration Comprehensive coverage of immigration and emigration looking at the issue from a number of different perspectives, including personal narratives of immigration.
    • Social Science Research Network- Collection of scholarly articles on a number of social science issues including immigration and emigration.
    • Migration News Maintained by U.C. Davis, Migration News provides scholarly information on migration and immigration from multiple perspectives, including cultural, political, and legal. 
    • Stages in Immigration Details the cultural stages of immigration at the individual level with particular emphasis on acculturation and culture shock. 
    • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at United States government’s portal for information on immigration provides the necessary forms along with resources and legal information.

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