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Immigration Research Links |
Databases for Finding Articles
Links to Selected Websites
Catalog for Finding
Books
Immigration Statistics (from the Department of Homeland
Security)
Article
Databases:
Gale PowerSearch
databases on
campus or off-campus w/ library card
articles from academic
journals, popular magazines, newspapers and reference sources; excellent general periodical database.
o To narrow searches, use the Advanced search mode
o
PLEASE NOTE: When
search results are first displayed, only magazine articles are shown, if
available for your search.
Click on the “Academic journals”
tab to display journal articles on
your topic; click on the "News" tab for news
articles; click on the "Reference" tab for
reference articles.
Ethnic Newswatch on campus or
off-campus w/ library card
Full-text articles from
about 200 newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press, in English and Spanish.
Lexis Nexis Academic
Universe on campus or off-campus w/
library card
Full-text articles
from a wide range of news, business & other publications.
- Click on News at left of home page
- In the box for: "Step One: Select a news category", select: General News
- In the box for: "Step Two: Select a news source", select: Major Papers
- In the first entry box under: "Step Three: Enter search terms", enter word(s) for your desired topic, e.g. immigration AND civil liberties
- Click the Search button
Links to
Recommended Websites:
Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 – collection of selected historical
materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents
voluntary immigration to the
PBS: Destination
America: "US Immigration" – includes a timeline of European immigration
and explorations of five freedoms that drew immigrants to
Historical
Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850-1990
US Census
Bureau: "Immigration" – Census Bureau estimates for future trends in
immigration to the
Center for Immigration Research - Links
Public Policy Institute of California: documents on immigration
Migration Information Source – project of the Migration Policy Institute
Center for
Immigration Studies –favors policies that allow fewer immigrants into the
Federation
for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) –advocates a reduction
overall levels of immigration to more traditional levels of about 300,000 a
year.
International Center for Migration, Ethnicity & Citizenship – has “a special concern with the factors inducing people to leave their native countries, as well as the reception afforded newcomers in host societies”
Population Reference Bureau - informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment
Immigrants: stories & photographs by independent journalist David Bacon
Urban Institute: Immigration and Immigrants: Setting
the Record Straight
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (formerly: US Immigration & Naturalization Service)
Bureau
of Population, Refugees, and Migration (part of
The PLS Online Catalog is the online catalog to find books in Skyline Library and in all libraries in the Peninsula Library Sytem. After clicking on the link above to access the catalog, follow the steps below:
To search for books in all libraries in the PLS system:
·
Type
search words (keep your search words broad) in the first search box & click
Submit.
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The
search results will show books and other materials in all libraries in the
PLS system.
To Limit your
search results to materials at Skyline College Library:
·
Click
on Modify Search near the top of the screen.
·
You
will be brought back to the search screen and your search term(s) will
reappear.
·
Scroll
down to the Location selection box (2nd box under Limit
to: below the search boxes),
·
select
Skyline College in the Location box,
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then
click the Submit button.
To search for books only
in Skyline College Library:
- Type search words (keep your search words broad) in the
first search box.
- Scroll down to the Location selection box (2nd
box under Limit to: below the search boxes),
- select Skyline
College in the Location
box,
- then click the Submit button.
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