InfoGuides: Immigration Policy: Find Articles

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Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Sociology is the disciplinary hub of migration studies. Search here for journal articles in sociology & related fields.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR contains a selection of core journals for many social science fields.
ProQuest Social Sciences Collections This link opens in a new window
Search across databases covering political science, sociology, economics, business, and more. Tip: Use the check box to limit your search to peer reviewed articles.
Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
Offers indexing for more than a thousand academic journals, most with full text. Covers a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work and sociology.
Tutorial for the Social Science Database database.
Political Science Complete This link opens in a new window
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Search citations, abstracts, and indexing of the international journal literature in political science and related fields, including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Also provides access to full-text reference works, and conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association. Tutorial for the Political Science Complete database.

Additional Immigration Databases

Race Relations Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Provides content relating specifically to the relationship between races. Covers areas relevant to race relations; subjects include ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and others related to the discipline. Tutorial for the Race Relations Abstracts database.
ABI/INFORM Collection This link opens in a new window
The ABI/INFORM Collection includes international coverage and provides researchers a complete picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Tutorial for ABI/INFORM Collection.
Homeland Security Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Provides access to U.S. policy documents, presidential directives, and national strategy documents, as well as specialized resources such as dissertations, reports, and position papers from universities, research institutions, think tanks, U.S. local and state agencies, and international organizations. View a tutorial on this database here.
Latino American Experience This link opens in a new window
Explores the history and culture of U.S. Latinos. Content includes full-text scholarly essays as well as primary documents and media, including speeches, maps, songs, audio clips, interviews, and historical photographs. Coverage ranges from precontact Aztec and Maya societies to 21st-century political issues and cultural themes.
Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) This link opens in a new window
Provides a selected annotated bibliography of scholarly monographs, journal articles, conference papers, books chapters and electronic resources. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the Handbook covers a range of disciplines including anthropology, art, economics, geography, government & politics, history, international relations, literature, music, philosophy and sociology.
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Key Journals

International Migration Review
Leading journal in migration studies.
International Migration
Journal of the International Organization for Migration.
Journal of International Migration & Integration
This journal has a reputation for publishing scholarship that engages practitioners.
Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies
This journal is particularly good for comparative migration studies research.