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Encyclopedia of American Immigration traces the scope and sweep of U.S. immigration from the earliest colonial settlements to the present, focusing on critical issues as well as the groups of people involved. Every major immigrant group and every era are fully documented and examined through detailed analysis of social, legal, political, economic, and demographic factors. This is available both print Call Number Ref JV6465.E531 and Online

MIRLYN is the online catalog of resources (including movies) of the University of Michigan Library. For example if you are looking for books on Spanglish, bilingualism, etc. here are some possible subject headings you should use to search MIRLYN

Subjects (LCSH):
Mexican Americans -- Language.
English language -- United States -- Foreign words and phrases -- Spanish.
English language -- United States -- Foreign elements -- Spanish.
English language -- Variation -- United States.
Spanish language -- Influence on English.
Languages in contact -- United States.
Hispanic Americans -- Language.
Bilingualism -- United States.
United States -- Languages.
Americanisms.

Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West

The American West, a great and varied landmass, became home to successive waves of immigrants who, over ten thousand years, shaped it and were shaped by it. Questions of the relationship of the nation to its new arrivals have been posed and answered more than in any other places. The editors begin in these volumes to document the past and raise questions for the next generation of readers interested in the topic of the American West.The two volumes examine the settling of the West and include coverage of movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the often-forgotten role of women in the West's development.