Country Information Links

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Additional Country Information Links

Once you have read an encyclopedia article or two, try one of these websites to learn a little more about your country.

Library of Congress: Country Studies

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

 

C.I.A. World Fact Book

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

 

Country Watch

http://www.countrywatch.com/

Homework Help: Countries and Flags

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/cntryhc.html

NOTE:   Multnomah County Library's Homework Help pages are my favorite place to begin web research.  If you haven't already, please commit the following URL to memory:  http://www.multcolib.org/homework

Country Maps

Atlapedia (Country Info & Maps)

http://www.atlapedia.com

 

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

Tips

1. Try searching free online news sources such as the BBC News or Headline Spot.

2. Consider bias when evaluating all articles. Your goal is to present a balanced perspective on the Immigrant Experience. You may revisit the Quality Information Checklist (remember the Quick Quiz?) to refresh yourselves.

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Reference Books

Reference - The Reference (REF) section is a great place to start once you are in the library. 

NOTE:   These books deal more with the immigrant group once they have already arrived in the United States. 

REF 304.8 FRA Atlas of American Migration

REF 304.8 TAN The Settling of North America

REF 304.8 WEP Immigration: From the Founding of Virginia to the Closing of Ellis Island 

REF 304.873 DAN American Immigration:  A Student Companion  (Oxford University Press) HOT TITLE!

REF 304.873 US U.S. Immigration and Migration:  Almanac (U.X.L.) HOT TITLE!

REF 305.5 REE Working in America : an Eyewitness History

REF 305.8 GAL Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Vol. 1-3

REF 305.8 GAL Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America: Primary Documents, Vol. 1-2

REF 305.8 LEV Ethnic Groups Worldwide: A Ready Reference Handbook

REF 305.8 WOR Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures & Daily Life, Vol. 1-4

REF 305.896 ENC Encyclopedia of African Peoples

REF 306.8 LEV Encyclopedia of World Cultures

REF 317 WOR World Almanac and Book of Facts

REF 320.3 PIO Governments of the World: A Student Companion, Vol. 1-3

REF 324.2 BAN Political Handbook of the World

REF 325 AME American Immigration, Vol. 1-10 HOT TITLE!

REF 325 LEV American Immigrant Cultures, Vol. 1-2

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General Immigration Links

WHERE DO I START?

Homework Help: Immigrants & Immigration

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/amhsthc.html#immigration

Multnomah County Library's Homework Help pages are my favorite place to begin web research.  If you haven't already, please commit the following URL to memory:  http://www.multcolib.org/homework

MORE COOL SITES:

American Family Immigration History Center

http://www.ellisisland.org/

 

National Park Service: Ellis Island

http://www.nps.gov/stli/serv02.htm#Ellis

American Memory: Immigration

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/introduction.html
Contains information on many different immigrant groups

The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nychome.html

America at the Turn of the Century: A Look at the Historical Context

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/nycamcen.html

 

Cornell University Library's Making of America (MOA)

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/index.html

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. This site provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Scholastic.com- Teachers: Immigration

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activites/immigration/index.htm

Scholastic.com has many excellent articles, graphs and essays dedicated to immigration- make sure to browse through them!

The Story of Italian Immigration

http://www.ailf.org/awards/benefit2004/ahp04essay.asp

From the Huddled Masses to the Melting Pot: Irish Immigration to America From the 1800s to Present

http://www.ailf.org/ipc/policy_reports_2001_Irish.asp

Mexican Immigrant Workers and U.S. Economy: An Increasingly Vital Role

http://www.ailf.org/ipc/ipf0902.asp

Chinese Exclusion Act

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinex.htm

 

Museum of Chinese in the Americas

http://www.moca-nyc.org/MoCA/content.asp?cid=1

 

Becoming American: The Chinese Experience

http://www.pbs.org/becomingamerican/chineseexperience.html

 

Jewish Encyclopedia

http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/index.jsp

From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/

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Statistics

US Census Bureau Minority Links

http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html

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Simply e-mail the complete URL to Ms. Cane at cane@chapin.edu

 

 Updated 5/5/2006