Library Home Page > Research Topics immigration and emigration This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about immigration and emigration.  Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about immigration and emigration, materials in the library catalog about immigration and emigration, websites relevant to immigration and emigration, and links to library databases that contain information about immigration and emigration.  Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance. Go to:    Suggested Research Terms    Materials in the Library Catalog     Websites    Library Databases Suggested Research Terms One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic.  We think the following terms will help with your research about immigration and emigration: emigration and immigration political refugees acculturation Back to top of page Materials in the library catalog about immigration and emigration We have the following materials in the library catalog about immigration and emigration: emigration and immigration political refugees acculturation Back to top of page Websites on immigration and emigration The following websites will help you with your research on immigration and emigration: Public Agenda issue on Immigration Public Agenda explores public opinion and produces educational materials to explain and clarify public attitudes about complex policy issues. This issue is specifically on immigration. Library of Congress: Immigration, an Introduction This page introduces teachers and students to the topic of Immigration. It focuses on major immigrant groups of the 19th and early 20th centuries. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service On March 1, 2003, service and benefit functions of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) became part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities. American Civil Liberties: Immigrant Rights The mission of the ACLU is to preserve essential rights under the US Constitution. This is their Immigration page. Department of Homeland Security Immigration Statistics This site includes information from the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS), which develops, analyzes, and disseminates statistical information used to inform policy and assess the effects of immigration in the U.S. California Immigrant Policy Center The Center is a non-partisan, non-profit statewide organization founded in 1996 which seeks to inform public debate and policy decisions on issues affecting the state’s immigrants and their families in order to improve the quality of life for all Californians. Back to top of page Library Databases relevant to immigration and emigration The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to immigration and emigration.  Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles.  Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services. Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. JSTOR Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics. National Newspapers (U.S.) Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage CountryWatch Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis. History Reference Center A comprehensive full text history reference database that covers both U.S. and world history. Includes historical documents and articles from reference books, history magazines, journals, and newspapers. Also timelines, biographies, maps, photos and video clips. Magill On History Includes coverage of the ancient world, also American history, colonial and pre-colonial US and Canada; cultures and civilizations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Oceania; Also includes coverage of the twentieth century, with special focus on economics, science, human rights, the environment, and the arts. Military and Government Collection Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 450 titles. RAND California An extensive database on California and its cities and counties. Includes information on California public policy issues, statistics on business, employment, population, real estate, and crime rates, school test scores and monthly reports on the California economy. Encyclopedia Americana Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly. Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. Ethnic NewsWatch News, culture and history from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press -- English and Spanish language. Researched and evaluated by: Brenda Antrim, Librarian, Feb. 2007 Back to top of page