History 122 and History 2213 -- Sean Taylor: 

Library Research

Focus on Immigration Research and Resources for Your

Out of This Furnace Paper

Locating Books

Library Web Site -- http://web.mnstate.edu/library

WebPALS Library Catalog -- http://www.pals.msus.edu/

Electronic Databases for Locating Journal Articles

**Note: All online library databases are available off-campus via the Proxy Server. See Library Web Site for Proxy Server set-up directions. Click on "Off Campus Access for Library Databases."

JSTOR Fulltext Journals

JSTOR is an electronic database of full-text back issues of 117 academic journals in the subject areas of African-American Studies,

Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population/Demography, Education, Finance, History, Literature, Sociology, and Statistics. Access: http://www.jstor.org/

Gale Search Databases -- General Magazines; Expanded Academic Index; Expanded Academic Index ASAP; Infotrac Onefile

Multidisciplinary databases, with coverage beginning in 1980 -- Numerous articles appear in full text. http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mnamoor (graphics available)

 

Firstsearch

47 databases on a variety of topics. Access via Firstsearch at http://firstsearch.oclc.org/ Must be on campus or accessing after setting up Proxy Server. See Library web site for directions. May want to try Humanities Abstracts and PAIS.

 

Project MUSE

Access to the full text of over 120 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Access via: http://muse.jhu.edu/

America: History and Life -- Available at Concordia

 

 

Selected Reference Books to Help You with Historical Immigration Topics (All Located on the 1st Floor, Reference Collection)

Encyclopedia of American Immigration. REF. JV6465 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of Japanese Descendents in the Americas. REF. E29.J3 E53 2002

United States Immigration: A Reference Handbook. REF. JV6465 .M55 1996

Makers of America. REF. E184.A1 M65

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America. REF. E184.A1 G14 1995

 

Some Recent Books on Immigration and Related Topics in MSUM Library

Children of Immigration. HQ792.U5 S83 2001 (3rd Floor)

The History and Immigration of Asian Americans. E184.O6 H58 1998 (3rd Floor)

The Immigration Debate: Remaking America. JV6455.5 .I73 1996 (3rd Fl.)

Immigrants: The New Americans. OVERSIZE JV6450 .I555 1999 (2nd Fl.)

Assimilation: American Style. E169.1 .S198 1996 (3rd Fl.)

Ethnic Americans: A History of Immigration. E184.A1 D48 1999 (3rd Fl.)

Asylum for Mankind: America 1607-1800. JV6451 .B37 1998 (3rd Fl.)

Immigrant Minds: American Identities, Making the United States Home, 1870-1930. JV6451 .O93 2000 (3rd Fl.)

Harvest of Empire: History of Latinos in America. E184.S75 G655 2000 (3rd Fl.)

Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration is Changing America. E184.S75 S86 1998 (3rd Fl.)

Crossing Cultural Borders: Education for Immigrant Families in America. HQ783 .D44 1991 (3rd Fl.)

Immigration and Education: The Crisis and the Opportunities. LC3746 .S74 1993

American Immigrant Leaders, 1800-1910: Marginality and Identity. E184.A1 G86 1987 (3rd Fl.)

Poverty, ethnicity, and the American city, 1840-1925: changing conceptions of the slum and the ghetto (includes information on immigrant populations). HV4044 .W37 1989 (3rd Fl.)

 

Try WebPALS Searches for:

Immigra# -- to retrieve "immigrants" or "immigration"

Ideas for terms to add to your search for narrowing/focusing:

United States

Education

Ethnic# -- to retrieve "ethnic" or "ethnicity"

19th century

20th century

policy

government

legal

law#

refugee#

poverty

economic#

social

 

Contact:

Brittney Goodman, goodmanb@mnstate.edu, 236-2358

Library Reference Desk -- Talk to a librarian -- 236-2345

 

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