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Immigrants and Refugees: SSCS 2300 Research GuideThis research guide provides a starting point for finding information about immigrants and refugees. This guides is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources but some places to begin your search. If you need assistance with library research or accessing and using any of these resources, contact a Reference Librarian at the Minneapolis Campus Library at 651-690-7898 or 651-690-7780. Contents: Immigrant and Refugee Web Pages Minnesota
Immigrants and Refugees Finding Books: Using CLICnet See also guides for: Global Studies Seminar: SSCS 1300 General Internet ResourcesDepartment of Homeland Security Immigration Statistics The Center for Victims of Torture Cultural Orientation Resource Center Human Rights Library from the University of Minnesota: Asylum and Refugee Resources United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Minnesota and Twin Cities Resources Immigration in Minnesota: Discovering Common Ground from The Minneapolis Foundation (2004) Minnesota Refugee Health Services from the Minnesota Department of Health Immigrants in Minnesota, resources from the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Immigration in Minnesota-Challenges and Opportunities from the League of Women Voters of Minnesota Education Fund (2002) Minnesota's Population Continues to Become More Diverse from the Department of Administration, Office of Geographic and Demographic Analysis, State of Minnesota (2005) Speaking for Themselves: A survey of Hispanic, Hmong, Russian, and Somali immigrants in Minneapolis-Saint Paul (2000) from the Wilder Research Center Faces of Minnesota from the Minnesota Public News Radio provides information about the 2000 U.S. Census Africans / Somali in Minnesota from Minneapolis Foundation's Immigration in Minnesota Somali Culture and Customs from the Minnesota Department of Human Rights Somalis in Minnesota from the Minnesota Public News Radio The Somali Bantu: Their History and Culture from the Center for Applied Linguistics (scroll down page and download pdf) Somalia from Middle Eastern Studies Links at the University of Oklahoma Latinos in Minnesota from the Minneapolis Foundation's Immigration in Minnesota Chicano/Latinos in Minnesota reports and statistics from Chicano Latino Affairs Council HACER (Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research) reports and publications on Hispanic people in Minnesota Southeast Asia - focus on the Hmong from the Minneapolis Foundation Immigration in Minnesota The Hmong in Minnesota from Hmong-American Partnership Lao Family Community of Minnesota Hmong Cultural Center includes Hmong Links and Resource Center Library Hmong Studies Internet Research Center Asian & Pacific Islander Minnesota Profile from the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans Finding Journal Articles: Online DatabasesHere are some of the most useful
databases for the study of immigrants and refugees: An all-purpose academic database covering many disciplines with full-text articles for nearly 4,500 journals. CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online Contains full-text documents related to theory and research in international affairs. A multidisciplinary database; a good starting point for many academic research topics. Provides the full text of many news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications, including national and regional newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts. Indexes publications about public policy and social issues from 120 countries. Provides full-text articles from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, as well as 300 other newspapers. The "local" paper for Twin Cities Metro East readers. Please ask a Reference Librarian to suggest additional databases that might be useful. To see if the CSC Library has the journal you need, in print or online, use The Periodical Cat. Be sure to compare the issue dates available to those that you need. Use CLICnet to search for books and media in the CSC Library and the seven other CLIC libraries. Use the red "Request buttom to get items not at the CSC Minneapolis Campus Library. When searching CLICnet by Keyword , use and between words. Some examples of searches follow: Hmong Americans Minnesota and Somali
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