AP Spanish Persuasive Paper
This pathfinder will be useful in finding resources on immigration and migrant workers. As this is such a controversial topic, you will want to make sure your resources report close to the same thing. Every effort has been made to provide you with non-biased information, but there are sites in this pathfinder that take a definite stance on the immigration debate. The links may take you to further sites with even more biased information.
Key Resources at a Glance:
Resources
Books
Search the online catalog linked below for specific books about immigration. Use the index in the back of the book to find the specific pages within the book related to your topic within immigration.
· WHS Online Catalog to see books in all the school libraries, click on the arrow by West High and choose Sioux City Community Schools. See Mrs. Trometer or Mrs. Larson to have a book sent from another school.
EBooks
MackinVia
Sharpe Online
Databases:
EBSCO:
Gale:
SIRS:
If you want to Google, try Google Scholar.
This pathfinder will be useful in finding resources on immigration and migrant workers. As this is such a controversial topic, you will want to make sure your resources report close to the same thing. Every effort has been made to provide you with non-biased information, but there are sites in this pathfinder that take a definite stance on the immigration debate. The links may take you to further sites with even more biased information.
Key Resources at a Glance:
- Overview of Immigration Law: Just what it says—this website condenses the current laws about immigration. Some text may need a little interpretation, but most are easy to read.
- Interactive Immigration Map: Move the timeline along the top and see how immigrants settled in the US. This includes ethnicity and numbers. If you change the indicator to bubble, you’ll get a better visual representation of where immigrants have settled.
- Public Agenda: Issue Guide Immigration: This site offers a nice overview of immigration with 3 different points of view. It also provides other links to sources that may be useful. Check the credibility of them.
Resources
Books
Search the online catalog linked below for specific books about immigration. Use the index in the back of the book to find the specific pages within the book related to your topic within immigration.
· WHS Online Catalog to see books in all the school libraries, click on the arrow by West High and choose Sioux City Community Schools. See Mrs. Trometer or Mrs. Larson to have a book sent from another school.
EBooks
MackinVia
- This has a different username. Use the one provided by Mrs. Trometer.
- Click on “Groups” and go to American Studies. The following titles have good information about immigration: Illegal Immigration, Immigration and Migration, Social History of the United States, Human Rights (quick search "migrant workers")
- Citation information is in the top right corner – make sure you copy and paste that information.
Sharpe Online
- This has a different username and password. Use the one provided by Mrs. Trometer.
- Search your topic such as “migrant workers”. A couple good titles are: American Immigration and Global Social Issues
- Citation information is on the right side – make sure you copy and paste that information.
Databases:
EBSCO:
- You can search in “Ebscohost Web” and select the databases to search (choose ones that best fit your topic). “MAS Ultra” and “Topic Search” are good general ones to search.
- You could also search “Points of View” after logging in (scroll down).
- Scroll down to find their topics – they have a whole section about immigration.
- TIP: Once you search, you can limit the range of sources by the copyright date – you probably will want current up to date sources for most topics.
- TIP: don’t forget to choose full-text articles, you can’t use abstracts (they are just summaries).
Gale:
- This resource provides content from magazines, journals, newspapers and other reference materials.
- Search your topic. You can refine your search on the left side (publication dates and related searches would be useful).
- Citation information is at the bottom of the page.
SIRS:
- This database looks into current controversies with the pros and cons of each.
- Search their list of A-Z topics for immigration
- Citation information is at the bottom of the page.
If you want to Google, try Google Scholar.
- Google Scholar is a search engine that searches scholarly literature and academic resources.
- This is NOT a database. You must still evaluate the credibility of the source.