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).

  • emigration
  • social values
  • immigration
  • immigrant health
  • cultural assimilation
  • social conditions
  • racial identity
  • ethnic relations

Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles

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