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Community Studies 100J Theory and Practice of Immigration and Social Justice Suggestions for Library Research

 

Searching for Books

The following subject terms, many of which are combined with geographical terms or chronological subdivisions, are among those that are most relevant to this course. Find additional terms by searching your topic and examining the terms used; if you already have good sources, check on the terms used for them and search for additional materials using those terms.

United States -- Emigration and immigration
(with subheadings such as History, Government policy, Economic Policy, Political Aspects, Psychological Aspects, Social Aspects, Public Opinion, Statistics)

Immigrants -- United States (with subheadings such as History, Public Opinion, Political Activity, Social Conditions)

Americanization -- History

Emigration and immigration law -- United States

Social Justice -- United States

Social Service -- United States

Aliens (with subheadings such as Civil Rights, Medical Care)

Illegal Aliens (with subheadings)

Selected Reference Books (all McHenry Reference) -- others will include subject headings such as those above, with terms such as "dictionaries," "encyclopedias," or "handbooks." You may also find it valuable to browse the reference stacks in the call numbers that match your topic.

LeMay, Michael C., 1941-
U.S. immigration : a reference handbook / Michael C. LeMay.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
CALL # JV6483 .L46 2004.

Encyclopedia Of North American Immigration / John Powell
New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005
JV6465 .P68 2005

Immigration In America Today : An Encyclopedia / edited By James Loucky, Jeanne Armstrong, And Larry J. Estrada
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006
JV6465 .I4754 2006

Immigration / John Powell
New York : Facts on File, c2007
JV6201 .P68 2007

Brownstone, David M.
Facts about American immigration / David M. Brownstone, Irene M.
Franck.
New York : H.W. Wilson, 2001.
JV6465 .B73 2001.

Encyclopedia of American immigration / James Ciment, editor.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2000.
JV6465 .E53 2000.

Brown, Mary Elizabeth.
Shapers of the great debate on immigration : a biographical
dictionary / Mary Elizabeth Brown.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
JV6483 .B77 1999.

Immigration: looking for a new home / editors : Nancy Jacobs,
Mark A. Siegel, Alison Landes.
Wylie, TX : Information Plus, c1997.
JV6474 .I442 1997.

Brittingham, Angela.
The foreign-born population in the United States, March 1999 / by
Angela Brittingham.
[Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and
Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau : Supt. of Docs.,
U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 2000]
HA195 A53 no. 519.

A nation of peoples : a sourcebook on America's multicultural
heritage / edited by Elliott Robert Barkan.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
E184.A1 N2866 1999.

American immigrant cultures : builders of a nation / David
Levinson and Melvin Ember, editors in chief.
New York : Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1997.
E184.A1 A63448 1997.

New immigrant literatures in the United States : a sourcebook to
our multicultural literary heritage / edited by Alpana Sharma
Knippling.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
PS153.M56 N475 1996.

Encyclopedia of Japanese descendants in the Americas : an
illustrated history of the Nikkei / Akemi Kikumura-Yano, edited
; foreword by Daniel K. Inouye ; introduction by Gary Y.
Okihiro.
Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, c2002.
E29.J3 E53 2002.

Hofstetter, Eleanore O.
Women in global migration, 1945-2000 : a comprehensive
multidisciplinary bibliography / Eleanore O. Hofstetter.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
JV6347 .H647 2001.

Wernick, Allan.
U.S. immigration & citizenship : your complete guide / Allan
Wernick.
Rocklin, CA : Prima Pub., c1999.
KF4819.6 .W54 1999.

Hing, Bill Ong.
Immigration and the law : a dictionary / Bill Ong Hing.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999.
KF4817 .H56 1999.

The encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas / general editor, Lynn
Pan.
Singapore : Archipelago Press : Landmark Books, c1998.
DS732 .E53 1998.

Domestic violence in immigrant and refugee communities: asserting
the rights of battered women / produced by Family Violence
Prevention Fund ; National Immigration Project of the National
Lawyers Guild, Inc. ; Northern California Coalition for
Immigrant Rights ; edited by Deena L. Jang, Leni Marin, Gail
Pendleton.
San Francisco : The Fund, c1997-
KF4818 .D662 1997.

Encyclopedia of American social movements / Immanuel Ness,
editor.
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2004.
HN57 .E594 2004.

Library Databases -- The most relevant databases and full-text sources for this topic are listed below. They and other sources that may be useful are all linked at the page called "Community Studies -- Information on the Web." In addition, Library Subject Guides for other fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences may be helpful, depending upon the particular topic. Identify those databases that match your topic best in subject, date coverage, or other aspects. For citation-only databases, use UC-LINKS (if offered) or open a second browser to CRUZCAT. All of these databases provide keyword searching (often providing options to focus the search on the full-text when available, the abstract, the title, or other features). As when searching for books, examination of the subject terms assigned to relevant articles (sometimes called descriptors) may be useful in finding additional citations or in narrowing your search results.

Expanded Academic
Sociological Abstracts
PsycInfo
Social Services Abstracts
America: History and Life
Newsbank
Proquest Newspapers
Government documents and statistical resources
Ethnic studies databases
Women's studies databases

 

 

 

 

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