SUBJECT: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Keywords to use when searching WebCat, databases and print indexes:

Illegal Aliens
Illegal Immigration
Undocumented Workers
Alien Labor

HOW TO FIND:

Internet Resources

• Individual Web Sites
  
  http://www.house.gov/ This is the portal for the House of Representatives. It has a search field for up-to-date information on current bills and laws.
  
  http://www.senate.gov/ This is the portal for the Senate.
  
  http://www.cis.org The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization.
  
  http://www.fairus.org The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) is a national, non-profit public interest membership organization, which believes in immigration reform.

http://sfpl.org/citizenship/ United States Citizenship Resources provides multilingual guides, exam practice questions and community resources for the new US Citizenship Exam


• Search Engines
  
  Go to a search engine (Google: http://www.google.com, Ask: http://www.ask.com etc.) and type in Illegal immigration directory (or other keyword + directory), for a list of sites with many links to this subject. Most search engines also have directories by subject. For links to some search engines go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook.



• Subject Directories
  
  Choose an academic subject directory, such as Librarians’ Internet Index (LII) http://lii.org , or Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu. Type in your keyword. For links to other subject directories go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook.

Books from the Cuesta College Library

• From the Library's home page http://library.cuesta.edu under Find a Book, select WebCat and type a keyword in the Search field. Books are arranged by the Library of Congress Classification System and are found in the bookstacks by this number. For a good introduction on using LC call numbers go to York University’s LC page http://www.info.library.yorku.ca/yorkline/lc/lc.html



• Your teacher may have placed books on Reserve at the Circulation Desk. Check there, or look under your instructor's name in WebCat by selecting the icon at the top of the screen.



• Online books (eBooks) are also accessed from WebCat. The eBook call number is ONLINE and says Internet (for location) in the right hand column. Access eBooks by selecting the icon to the left of the title in your list of books in WebCat. Scroll down to Electronic Access and select the underlined link.



To access eBooks from home you must first create a free account. Go to eBooks (under Find a Book). The eBook page comes up. Choose the correct login entry from Cuesta or home, and find Create an Account at the right top of the NetLibrary page.



• Subject encyclopedias, found in the Reference book stacks, have good background articles. Use the Index at the end of the set and look under the term Immigration. The Encyclopedia of American Social History (ref HN 57 E58 1993) covers all aspects of immigration from Colonial times to the present.

Books from other libraries

• On the Cuesta Library's home page http://library.cuesta.edu, look under Find a Book and choose Other Library Catalogs.



• Request books from other libraries by using the online link to the Interlibrary Loan Request form, found at the left side of the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu. Allow 7-10 working days to receive your materials.

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers) in online databases

• Cuesta subscribes to the following online databases: EBSCOhost, SIRS, National Newspaper Index, and NewsBank. They can be accessed from the Library's home page at Cuesta or from home. To access from home use your current Cuesta student ID and PIN number. From the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu, under Find an Article select the periodical type you want, or choose to look at the entire list of databases.

Periodicals in print indexes

• Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (ref AI 3 R48) is a general periodical print index that can be searched by author or subject. Use Readers' Guide to get a list of citations for articles. Then go to the Cuesta College Periodical Holdings List (PHL) to see if Cuesta carries the journal title for the articles you want.


Readers' Guide is especially useful for historical topics, since it goes back to 1900. It also indexes periodicals not indexed in online databases. Link to a Readers' Guide tutorial: http://lib.northern.edu/infolit/tablesversion/lessons/ lesson5/readersguide.htm.


• Social Sciences Index (ref AI 3 S62) is a subject-specific index to scholarly journals that is especially useful for the topic of illegal immigration. Here is a link to a tutorial: http://lib.northern.edu/infolit/tablesversion/lessons/ lesson5/socialscience.htm



• Request periodical articles from other libraries by using the online link to the Interlibrary Loan Request form, found at the left side of the Library home page http://library.cuesta.edu. Allow 7-10 working days to receive your materials.

• Other Cuesta Library Resources
  
  Go to Additional Links and Resources under English 201A Workbook to find links to many research aids.

If you need help the Reference Librarian will be happy to assist you! Library Hours, Reference/Information Desk: 546-3157.