Coming to America
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Reference works
American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature (Trexler Library Reference call # 016.9 G946 1995)
Bibliography that identifies major secondary studies, including those on immigration to America.Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (Trexler Library Reference call # 305.800973 V413g)
Primary and secondary sources published as books
Trexler Library Catalog
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation.
Peer-reviewed (scholarly) journal articles as secondary (and perhaps primary) source material?
Academic Search Premier
Interdisciplinary, largely full-text.America History & Life ***RECOMMENDED***
Index to historical research about U.S. history, 1492-present. Links through "Get It" to JSTOR and Project Muse.getting to the full text. . .
Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, click on the Get It link found next to the citation, or run a journal title search in Trexler Library's online catalog.
articles via interlibrary loan. . .
Journal articles not found in Trexler Library can be ordered on interlibrary loan.
Statistical data
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
This library subscription database contains a wealth of immigration data covering several centuries: where immigrants came from, and in what numbers.See also Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population in the United States 1850-1990.
The Source: a guidebook of American genealogy (Trexler Library Reference call # 929.1 S724a)
Gives statistical information on the trends and the peak periods of immigration for most ethnic groups. Includes maps of settelement patterns in the U.S.All decennial censuses of the United States can be found in the Census shelving of level A in Trexler Library. They can also be found, in part, at Historical Census Browser hosted at the University of Virginia. Immigration data may be included.
The current U.S. census provides data on Ancestry that can help in tracking predominant countries of origin as recorded in most recent American Community Survey.
Style guides
For tips on citing print and electronic sources in the Chicago style, visit Trexler Library's Citation Guides for Print and Electronic Resources. For a more complete guide to the Chicago style, visit Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.
For automated citation, try the shareware Zotero. Here is a user guide.
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