Immigration: an overview of information resources

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Title:	Immigration: an overview of information resources
Author(s):	Bert Chapman, (Bert Chapman (chapmanb@purdue.edu) is Government Publications Coordinator/Reference Librarian and Associate Professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.)
Citation:	Bert Chapman, (2000) "Immigration: an overview of information resources", Reference Services Review, Vol. 28 Iss: 3, pp.268 - 289
Keywords:	Emigration, Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration policy, Migration
Article type:	Literature review
DOI:	10.1108/00907320010345196 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Immigration has been a subject of intense historical and contemporary debate in US political life. Proponents of immigration cite the important contributions immigrants have made and continue to make to the USA’s national development and evolution. Advocates of more restrictive immigration policies stress concerns over the USA’s ability to support immigrant residents and whether newer immigrants threaten the US national identity and social cohesion. Proponents and opponents of current US immigration policy will use figures from the 2000 census to justify their respective arguments in upcoming debates on this subject. This article examines a variety of immigration literature resources such as scholarly books, government documents, and Websites and seeks to emphasize the subject’s complexities and contradictions along with US and transnational perspectives.