Resources for Politics 399

Capstone in Politics/International Relations: Immigration

This is not going to be easy to locate just keep digging. 
You will need to look through several different types of sources.

Keep in mind that you will need to search a variety of terms, since there are so many different words that are used in the literature. You will need to use truncation.
Terms to try: migrate, migration, mig*, immigration, immigrant, immigr*, emigration, etc.

1. Gather background information and sources:

• You may want to start your search by first finding information on the base of your topic by searching the databases.
  
  • See databases for articles
    in these databases search broader terms until you find your topic
    • ProQuest Newspapers
    • Lexus Nexus Academic (World News)
    • JSTOR
  • Secondary Databases
    Once you have a couple of names, as organizations, places, etc., you should do details searching in:
  • Academic Search Premier– try searching just in the United National Chronicle
  • ERIC, Business Source Elite, MEDLINE, Lexus Legal, depending on your topic.
• Other search areas:
  • Also, check JSTOR using detail searching terms:
    • Search by reviews to find commentaries on a subject.
    • Search by author to find out what one has written.
  • If you find a citation but no article:
    • Use the Journal Title Search to see if we have it in full-text in the library.  The library catalog also contains Journal Titles of everything we have avaliable electronically.
• Use Worldcat to see if it is close by.
• Citing the database articles:
  • Cite the item as a journal article, magazine article or newspaper article depending on what it is according to the APA style.
  • The additional information the you need is: 
    • name of the database – Academic Search Elite
    • format of information source - [online database]
    • where it is available from - Carroll University Library
    • the url link – http://.....  (it comes up as persistent link in Ebsco)
  • Using Ref Works
    • Set up info http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp
    • Create your account
    • Go back to Ebsco and export your citations
    • Citation selector
    • Create Bibliography
      • Problems
        • Electronic Sources vs. Print
        • Alphabetizing

2) Find supportive information in the Catalog

• Try an Advance search using one or two key words.  Think broad terms.  Otherwise you can use Emigration and immigration as a Subject term.
• Once you bring up some results, use the Subject links at the bottom of the results screen to find other items that might also be relevant.
• Try out NetLibrary to find recent e-books.  Just make sure you create your account while you are in the library.  Then you can check out the book and read it anywhere.
• Try searching other library catalogs or Worldcat to find books in our area that you can check out using and Infopass.  See the librarians at the Ref Desk for an Infopass or Interlibrary Loan.

3) Find“quality” information on the web

• There is a lot of information on the web that is not “quality” always evaluate the web site.  Remember, to check out their about us, or contact us links.
• See the Cornell Library site on Evaluating Web Sources.
• Potentially useful websites:
  • US Census data: http://www.census.gov/
  • US Census Immigration data: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/immigration.html
  • Dept. of Homeland Security: Immigration Stats: http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/
  • Thomas- legislation database: http://thomas.loc.gov/
  • UN Refugee Data: http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home
  • US Citizenship and Immigration: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
  • United Nations http://www.un.org/