IMMIGRATION ISSUES: A RESEARCH GUIDE

FINDING BOOKS

The IRIS catalog is the gateway to all information resources located in the Rutgers University Libraries. Use keywords to search for the appropriate materials. Some examples:

Immigration and labor, immigration and globalization, immigration and women

Searches using Library of Congress Subject Headings can yield more targeted results. Subject headings can be further narrowed by adding location: (United States or Canada), aspect: (government policy, economic aspects, social aspects), or population: (women, Hispanic‐Americans, Asia).

Emigration and immigration	Foreign trade and employment
Alien labor	Globalization –economic aspects
Human smuggling	Working Class –United States
Women and migrant labor

To find other Library of Congress Subject Headings, type in (“Emigration and immigration”) in the search box, select “Subject begins with” from the drop‐down menu under the search box. “Emigration and immigration” will be the top choice. Also look under the “Try these too” in the list on the right.

Materials at other Rutgers Libraries can be retrieved through the Interlibrary Loan system by clicking the button marked [Deliver/Recall Book]. Materials needed from libraries outside the RUL system can be ordered through [Interlibrary Loan/EZBorrow]. EZ Borrow is usually your quickest option. Ask a reference librarian or assistant at a circulation desk if help is needed.

GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS

Consult the following reference books for basic information and broad introductions to the topic of immigration:

Immigration in U.S. history / edited by Carl L. Bankston, III, Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo ; project editor, R. Kent Rasmussen. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2006.

Alexander Library JV6450.I565 2006 v.1

Encyclopedia of North American immigration / John Powell. New York, NY : Facts On File, c2005.

Electronic access: Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007361.html

Alexander Library call number: JV6465.P68 2005

Yearbook of immigration statistics / U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics, Washington, D.C.

Provides information, in the form of text, tables, and charts, about the various types of foreign nationals who are inspected, naturalized, apprehended, or removed by the DHS.

Electronic access: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS5957 Connect to online issues

INDEXES & DATABASES

Rutgers has numerous electronic indexes and databases that may be used to locate journal and newspaper articles on the topic of immigration. They are all listed on the Indexes and Databases page: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/indexes/indexes.shtml Here are indexes and databases that are particularly helpful in researching immigration issues:

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