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   Library Research Guide to Asian & Latino Immigration
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SECONDARY SOURCES           Finding Scholarly Articles & Books
 

Academic Search Complete :: ABC Clio Historical Databases :: Scholarly Books :: Search Tips
Also useful:    SocIndex  :: Sociological Abstracts

Academic Search Complete      
This database provides journal articles from a wide variety of disciplines. Over 1,200 scholarly journals are included!  
Many types of sources are indexed.  To retrieve journals only limit search to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals

ABC Clio Historical Databases

ABC Clio offers two excellent history databases which include scholarly journal articles: 
                  ••America History & Life which covers the United States and Canada only
                  ••Historical Abstracts which covers everywhere in the world except the US and Canada.

TIP: These databases also index books, book chapters and dissertations.  Be sure to limit your search to "Articles."

 

These databases can be searched separately or simultaneously.  To search both America History and Life and Historical
Abstracts together select "Choose Databases."  Check the additional databases that you wish to search.


 

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Scholarly Books

COAST is the Library's online catalog of over 1.25 million books, periodical  titles, media and government.   Below is a selection of a few popular topics for Chicano & Latino Studies.  
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TIP: When in doubt about how to start your subject search use the KEYWORD option on the COAST search.  

 

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Search Tips

◊ Use various descriptors to identify information on Asian and Latino immigrants.
For example:  New Immigrants, Alien Labor, Migrants, Transnational Communities, Undocumented, Illegal, Refugees, Asylum Seekers

◊ Various descriptors are used to identity information about Latinos.  For example:  Hispanics, Hispanic Americans, Mexicans living in the United States, Chicanos, Mexican Americans, Salvadorian Americans, Cuban Americans

◊ Various descriptors are used to identity information about Asian Americans.  For example:  Asians Legal Status,  Chinese, Chinese Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Filipino Americans, Pilipinos, Japanese Americans, Cambodians, Cambodian Americans

◊When in doubt about what language to use in your search use the KEYWORD search function.

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