Research Guides: Immigration: Find Web Resources

Immigration Websites

Cultural and educational institutions carefully build collections, curate exhibits, host events, and might even invite you to get involved. Take advantage of their expertise.

California Immigrant Policy Center
Here you will find reliable information, advocacy tools, education and research materials regarding California's immigrants and their economic, social, and demographic impact on our state and nation.
Center for American Progress
Non profit "progressive" organization.
How the US Immigration System Works
Fact Sheet from the American Immigration Council
Migration Policy Institute
A think tank in Washington, DC, that developed out of the International Migration Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. MPI provides analysis, development, and evaluation of migration and refugee policies at local, national, and international levels.

Immigration History

Harvard University, Immigration to the United States Timeline
This timeline provides a comprehensive overview of immigration history from 1789-1930. Several pieces of information can be further explored through hyperlinks to primary source documents, articles, and other resources.
Strangers in the Land of Strangers: defining "American" in times of conflict
From the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, this site includes short articles and primary sources that look at how different groups have had to prove their "Americanness" in times of conflict, from the American Revolution to the Civil Rights Movement.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
If you can’t bring your students to this wonderful museum, you can bring the museum to your students via the Virtual Tour, and use the artistic rendition of “Folk songs of the Five Points” to accompany it.
Pacific Link
A collection of timelines, lesson plans, and other resources related to Angel Island
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
This online photo gallery is easily searchable by topic or key word. There are hundreds of images related to immigration to the United States, including those specific to different cultural groups, locations, and areas of settlement. There is also a rich collection of images related to Ellis Island.
Immigration Exhibitions and Presentations - Library of Congress
Trace the immigrant experience and study contributions by immigrant Americans through historic film clips; images of Ellis Island, Angel Island and immigrant groups; presentations, letters and manuscripts.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.