Immigration-+Ms.+Bracken+and+Ms.+Wolfson

Questions to explore when investigating 19th Century Immigration:

 * Why did the immigrants come during the major period(s) of immigration?
 * Was it difficult to leave their country of origin?
 * What did they find when they got here?
 * Did they join an immigrant community?
 * Did they have family waiting for them?
 * What were the problems they had with U.S. immigration policy?
 * Compare one immigrant group's experience to another group's experience.

Reference Books
Gale Virtual Reference Library- search for your topic and you might find everything that you need.

**R 304.8 BEN** Benson, Sonia. U.S. immigration and migration almanac. Detroit : U-X-L ;, c2004.  Presents a comprehensive overview of the history of U.S. immigration and migration, covering such topics as forced migrations, urbanization, and immigration from Asia and Mexico, and includes a time line, a glossary, and research and activity ideas.

Non-Fiction Books
Non-fiction books about this topic are found in various sections of the library. To start look in the 900's (history). Be sure to do a keyword search using the online catalog ( Destiny ) to find materials under other subject areas.
 * **301.324 N** Novotny, Ann. Strangers at the door : Ellis Island, Castle Garden, and the great migration to America. Riverside, CT : Chatham Press, [1971].

 Explores the origins of immigration to America, focusing on the reasons why people chose to come to the new land; examines the history of Ellis Island, the site of the largest wave of human migration between 1892 and 1954; and discusses restrictions on immigration to the U.S. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Examines the history of United States immigration, shares the personal stories of people who have immigrated to the U.S., and discusses the rights of U.S. citizens, and the process of becoming a citizen. Includes a chronology and a glossary.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**304.8 H** Hammerschmidt, Peter A. Land of immigrants. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2003.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**323 M** Maury, Rob. Your rights as a U.S. citizen. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2003.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**325.73 H** Handlin, Oscar. A pictorial history of immigration. New York : Crown Publishers, [1972].

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">WHS databases
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Log into any of these databases by clicking on the link. If you are away from home, you will have to use a remote username and/or password.
 * [[image:http://find.galegroup.com/logos/menu/icon_history_rc_us.gif caption="external image icon_history_rc_us.gif" link="http://find.galegroup.com/menu/start?prod=HistRC&userGroupName=mlin_m_wayhs"]] U.S. History in Context
 * [[image:sks_decades_title.gif height="41"]]<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">SIRS Decades Research American History from 1900 to present. Find primary sources and articles.
 * [[image:http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/high_school/mediacenter/images/db-histnews.gif height="63" link="http://portal.bigchalk.com/portalweb/leap.do?sku=DB-HISTNEWS&ut=&ee=00433548"]]<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">[|ProQuest Historical Newspapers] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> Search old newspapers- Boston Globe (1872-); NY Times (1851-); Christian Science Monitor (1908-); Wall Street Journal (1880-).

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Internet sites

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Migration Information Source- great Caribbean migration information
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Library of Congress site about Chinese Immigration.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Emigrants and Immigrants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Huddled Masses: Immigration Restriction Digital history site.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Rise of Urban America
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Immigration to the United States 1789-1930- collection of historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">BPL: electronic resources
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> You will need a BPL library card in order to access these databases. Ask Ms. Dalbec if you need help applying for an e-card.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">JSTOR **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">: More than 600 core scholarly journals focusing on literature and the humanities. Collection spans the last 150 years but does not includes most current 3 to 5 years.