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Focusing on Immigration and National Parks

  1. Focusing on an issue. (Ex. Immigration/Emigration, National Parks)
  2. Before doing anything, think:  What do I need for this paper?
  3. Look in scholarly sources (Peer-Reviewed Journals, Book Chapters, Government Documents, "Think Tanks"). (Where can these articles be identified?  Where can they be located?)

Immigration (Research Process Outline)?

  1. I need informed opinions on both sides of the issue of immigration in the U.S.
  2. Where to start?
    • CQ Researcher 2nd Floor REF H 35 .E35
      • Listed under immigration and emigration
      • Excellent Section on "The New Immigrants" 1997 pg. 49
      • Leads to Leon Bouvier expert on Immigration -- Check AUBIECat.
      • Has excerpts from U.S. House Hearings
    • InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP (Bouvier Leon)
    • Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite (Bouvier, Leon)
    • Current Issues Sourcefile (Contains Full-Text "Think-Tank" Reports)(Library Use Only) (Only available from computer terminals surround the reference desk)
  3. These sources will cover my issue and give me an entry point to find info from Bouvier and others.
  4. What now?  Use the current journal literature indexing sources.
  5. What was found? I want to work on.
    • foreign-born professional population of the United States.
  6. What now? Check for historical overview in AUBIECat. Check Leon Bouvier
    1. Start with Basic Keyword Search for u.s. immigration
    2. Refine it and realize that the LC subject headings of interest are:
  7. What next?  Review what you have?  Do your books and your articles cite enough material to accomplish this paper? Probably...
  8. But you will want to have an unbiased look at other materials representing the opposing side to your argument.
  9. Where to go?  The same sources we have been using except you will want an opposing view.
    1. CQ Researcher 2nd Floor REF H 35 .E35
    2. Congressional Universe (Contains House and Senate Hearings) (Available only on Campus)

Where can I look now?

  1. Don't forget about news sources from last session. These can help identify and focus an issue http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl1127g.html

Tips for Folks working on National Parks

  1. Do the same as above but remember:
  2. National Parks may have many government documents on and about them.
    1. In AUBIECat try LC Subjects
    2. Found book Islands Under Siege by John C. Freemuth
      • Looked at Bibliography found interesting articles in the Journal of Air Pollution Control Association (library owns it) concerning Protecting National Parks from Existing Visibility Impairment.
    3. Looked in Congressional Universe (Available only on Campus) under CIS Subject National Parks and found interesting testimony regarding Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
      • Looked in InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP  under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and found journal articles concerning the topic.
        • NAGPRA, science, and the demon-haunted world. (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) Geoffrey A. Clark. Skeptical Inquirer May-June 1999 v23 i3 p44(5) 
        • NAGPRA is forever: osteology and the repatriation of skeletons. (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990) Jerome C. Rose, Thomas J. Green, Victoria D. Green. Annual Review of Anthropology Annual 1996 v25 p81(23)
    4. In other indexing tools try:
      • U.S. National Parks Policy
      • United States Park Service
Content originator, Robert H. McDonald (mcdonrh@auburn.edu).
Page editor, RHM.