Thursday, January 20, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: Subject Search 2, Browse Shelf

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Immigration - United States

Greenblatt, Alan. "Immigration Debate." CQ Researcher 1 Feb. 2008: 97-120.
(Updated: December 10, 2010)

Karaim, Reed. "America's Border Fence." CQ Researcher 19 Sep. 2008.
Will it stem the flow of illegal immigrants? America is rushing to build 670 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border by the end of the year. The fence — or wall, as critics along the border call it — is to include 370 miles of fencing intended to stop illegal immigrants on foot and 300 miles of vehicle barriers. To speed construction, the Bush administration is using unprecedented authority granted by Congress to waive environmental-, historic- and cultural-protection laws. No one claims that building physical barriers along roughly a third of America's 2,000-mile Southern border will stem illegal immigration by itself, but supporters believe it is an essential first step in "securing the border," providing a critical line of defense against illegal migration, drug smugglers and even terrorists. Opponents see it as a multi-billion-dollar waste that will only shift illegal immigrants toward more dangerous and difficult routes into the country, while doing environmental, cultural and economic damage.
From the CQ Researcher. Reprinted with permission from CQ Press.

Facts.com:
Research Feature: Immigration Debate (Note the Key News Events links on the left)
Key Issue: Immigration

ProQuest:
(border) AND SU(immigra*) AND (fence*) (550+ articles)

EBSCOhost:
(immigra* OR alien*) AND illegal AND (employer* OR job* OR labor) AND united states
(Limited to Full Text and CBC Title Collection)
direct link to search results (450+ articles)

CBC Library Catalog: sample searches
“united states immigration” (200+ books as of Jan. 2011)

"open immigra" (9 books as of Jan 20, 2011)

LeMay, Michael C. U.S. Immigration: a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-Clio, 2003.

Gale Virtual Reference: immigration AND "United States"

Daily Life Online: immigration and united states

Opposing Views on the Web:
(Note: These are just a few examples.)

Anthony Gregory, "In Defense of Open Immigration", Freedom Daily, January 21, 2005.

Stephen Cox, "The Fallacy of Open Immigration," Liberty, October 1, 2006.

Steven A. Camarota, "Immigration Is Hurting the U.S. Worker," Americas Quarterly,Spring 2007.

Daniel T. Griswold, "Immigration Law Should Reflect Our Dynamic Labor Market", The Dallas Morning News, April 27, 2008.

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Friday, January 14, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: Subject Search 1

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One of the most effective ways to find relevant results in the catalog is searching by subject, especially when you find too many results after a simple keyword search.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: My Account

Related Tutorial: Place Hold

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: Place Hold

Related Tutorial: My Account

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Friday, January 7, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: Simple Keyword Search

Related Previous Post: Catalog Tutorial: Quick Tour

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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Catalog Tutorial: Quick Tour

Related post: Catalog Goes Koha!

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Hello, I am a librarian at CBC. This is a quick tour of the CBC Library catalog homepage. The Catalog is the database that you use to

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

English Language and Literature

EBSCOhost Journals & Magazines:


ProQuest Journals & Magazines:Individual Subscriptions:

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