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Immigration
Scope|Subject
Headings|Overview
Sources|Circulating
Books|Periodicals,
Journals & Trade Publications|Web
Sites
SCOPE: The debate over
immigration ensues with opposing viewpoints as to
whether the U.S. admits too many immigrants. Prior to
the Sept. 11th event, more than one million immigrants
entered the U.S. each year either legally or legally. (
CQ Researcher, 7/14/2000) Undoubtedly, immigrants
provide for a more diverse society, as well as a boost
to the economy. Yet, opponents argue that immigrants
provide cheap labor and deprive our own citizens access
to their rightful employment. The Federal government has
taken steps to limit illegal immigration. The purpose of
this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student
research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing
of all the resources available in the library, but as a
selective sampling of the many types of materials
available.
Books dealing with immigration are listed in the Baddour
Library’s online catalog under the following subject
headings:
SUBJECT HEADINGS
Emigration and immigration—Research
United States—Emigration and immigration
United States—Race relations-History
There are sources located in the Reference Section of
the Baddour Library that give a general overview or
summary of the topic you are researching. The following
is a lost of some of the sources available in the
library.
OVERVIEW SOURCES
REF JK9.P55 2002 The
American Political Dictionary
REF JK 9.E52 1998 Encyclopedia of American Government
Some representative books from the Circulating
Collection located upstairs in the library are:
CIRCULATING BOOKS
Barone, Michael.
The New Americans: How the Melting Pot Can Work Again.
Washington, DC: Regnery Pub; 2001.
Foner, Nancy.
From Ellis Island to JFK: New York’s Two Great Waves of
Immigration.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
Foner, Nancy.
Immigration Research for a New Century:
Multidisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation, 2000.
Foner, Nancy.
In a New Land: A Comparative View of Immigration.
New York: New
York University Press, 2005.
Gabaccia, Donna R.
Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and
Cultural History. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers,
2002.
Hayter, Teresa.
Open Borders: The Case Against Immigration Controls.
Ann Arbor,
MI: Pluto Press, 2004.
Jasper, James M.
Restless Nation: Starting Over in America. Chicago:
Univ. of
Chicago Press, 2000.
Mills, Nicolaus.
Arguing Immigration: The Debate Over the Changing Face
of America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Some of the specific periodicals the library subscribes
to that focus on the topic of immigration are:
PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE
PUBLICATIONS
CQ Researcher (database):
Facts on File Issues & Controversies (database)
Click the link for a
list of full text journals available through our
databases in:
VIDEOS
DVD 439
In America
WEB SITES
Best of History Websites
http://www.besthistorysites.net/USHistory_Immigration.shtml
Center for
Immigration Studies
http://www.cis.org/
“Founded in 1985, the Center for Immigration Studies is
an independent, nonpartisan,nonprofit research
organization devoted to research and policy analysis of
the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other
impacts of immigration on the United States.”
Ellis Island: The
American Family Immigration History
http://www.ellisisland.org/
Updated
10/22/2008
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