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GOV256: Labor Migration
Spring 2008 - G. White
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference Source Reference Call Number
Immigration and Asylum: from 1900 to the Present (3 vols.) ref JV 6012 .I56 2005
Key Indicators of the Labour Market (ILO) ref HD 5701 .K49 2003
Encyclopedia of the Global Economy (2 vols.) ref HF 1359 .O28 2006
Encyclopedia of International Development ref HD 82 .E547 2005
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (5 vols.) ref HC 15 .O94 2003

Encyclopedia of North American Immigration

ref JV 6465 .P68 2005

Encyclopedia of the Irish in America

ref E 184 .I6 E53 1999

Immigration in America Today: An Encyclopedia ref JV 6465 .I4754 2006

BOOKS:The Five College Library System

Use keywords to combine concepts, or "Subject Heading begins with" for terms such as these:

Alien labor
Employment in foreign countries
Illegal aliens - government policy
Labor movement
Migrant labor - [country]
[country] - Emigration and immigration
Migrant agricultural laborers
Women alien labor
Immigrants - Government policy - United States
Foreign trade and employment - North America
Mexico - Emigration and immigration
Human smuggling - Mexican-American Border Region
Illegal aliens - Crimes against - Mexican-American Border Region
United States - Foreign relations - [country]
Hurricane Mitch, 1998
Hurricanes - Economic aspects - [country]
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricanes - Social aspects - Louisiana
New Orleans (La.) - Emigration and immigration
Caribbean Area - Emigration and immigration
Dominican Republic - Emigration and immigration
Yugoslavia - Emigration and immigration - History
Former Yugoslav republics
País Vasco (Spain) - Emigration and immigration
Spain - Foreign relations - Mediterranean Region

Immigrants - Spain
Alien labor, African - Spain
Labor movement - Spain
Morocco - Relations - Spain
Arab Americans
Iraq War, 2003-
Refugees - Services for - Iraq
Filipino Americans
Mail order brides
Filipinos - Employment - Foreign countries
Alien labor, Philippine
Pacific Area - Emigration and immigration
Philippines - Emigration and immigration
Romania - Emigration and immigration
Poor - Government policy
Emigrant remittances
Globalization - Economic aspects
Economic development
International economic integration
Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
Transnationalism
Migration, Internal - China
Migrant labor - China
Ireland - Emigration and immigration -
Irish Americans - History

The WorldCat database offers an expanded search if you find few sources in the Five Colleges but you must allow time for Interlibrary Loan.

Enter a journal title to search the Journal Locator and then connect with the full text of many journals available at Smith. Bound periodicals are shelved by call number on the second floor in Neilson Library.

ARTICLES & MORE


Source Access
Academic Search Premier. 1965+ [EBSCO] both academic & news sources
Social Sciences Abstracts. 1983+ [EBSCO] indexes core journals: start here
America, History and Life. 1953+ [EBSCO] allows limit by decade researched
Historical Abstracts. 1954+ [EBSCO] allows limit by decade researched
International Political Science Abstracts. 1973+ [EBSCO] political science journals

Consider additional databases for news or more academic sources.

Source Access
Women's Studies International. 1972+ [EBSCO] indexes journals in women's studies
LexisNexis Academic. 1970's+ texts from news and legal sources
Expanded Academic Index. 1980+
[Gale InfoTrac, includes EIU country reports]
includes some academic, some news

INTERNET LINKS

Source Access
International Labor Organization
(documents and database)
http://www.ilo.org/
Foreign Workers: Information on Selected Countries' Experiences
(GAO 06-1055, details on programs)

http://www.gao.gov/

The Devil's Highway: Links & Resources http://latinostories.com/Nonfiction/

Source OECD International Migration Statistics (selected data available free)

Available online on the UMass campus
OECD website: http://www.oecd.org/


CONNECT TO GOV256 SITE

Use Moodle to access course documents and communication tools: GOV256.
Links to more websites are included!

CITATION STYLE

There are some guides to creating citations to electronic sources right on the Web.

Citing Sources (Duke University Library) Guides for Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, and APA. Includes examples of types of works cited, plus information on when to cite and avoiding plagiarism.

Up-to-date style guides and more help are available at the Reference Desk in Neilson library, or try Smith's new online software - RefWorks.

HELP FROM A LIBRARIAN

Use Need Help? Ask a Librarian! to send a question at any time, call Reference at x2960, or contact Sika Berger, reference librarian, directly at x2963: sberger@email.smith.edu

Please provide us with feedback on the library instruction session for GOV256. Thanks!

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