American Immigration: Sociological Perspectives

• Use the U-M Library Catalog Search to find books and videos
• Go directly to the Advanced Search page to enter this specific search strategy that should return relevant results on the immigrant group that you are studying

Step 1: Enter and Run the Search

• Change the drop-down search field menu (to the left of the search box) to Subject for each line

 In the first search box, enter a set of words to represent your ethnic/immigrant group

• [Country] OR [Ethnicity/Nationality] OR ["Ethnicity/Nationality American"]

  • Combine the set of like terms together with OR in-between each term in order to expand your search on all possible keyword variations

  • Use quotation marks around "exact phrases"

In the second search box, enter keyword variations for the concept of migration or immigration:

Migration is more often used for movement within boundaries like regional or political borders where immigration/emigration refers to migration or relocation from one country to another

In the third search box, enter the name of the country or region to which your group immigrated:

for example:

Make sure that AND is selected between each separate row of search boxes

Click the blue "Advanced Search" button to run the search

Step 2: Apply Filters to the Search Results

• Use the filters on the left-hand column of the search results page
  • Filter by Format as needed:
    • Books
    • Visual Materials (this will return both streaming and DVD videos)
  • Filter by Language as needed:
    • English