One Book One College 2021-2022: Welcome

Come On In: 15 Stories about Immigration and Finding Home edited by Adi Alsaid. Inkyard Press. 2020

This guide will assist you in finding research sources for One Book One College.  This is a great place to start looking for a topic, finding books, articles and more.

Use and combine search terms/keywords related to the book, for example:

• cultural and racial stereotypes
• bicultural marriage
• random traffic stops
• immigrant displacement and mental health
• children of immigrants
• undocumented immigrants
• immigrant experience
• birthright citizenship

Use these search terms in various databases such as:

Gale Virtual Reference for a general overview in specialized encyclopedias

Academic Search Complete for magazine and journal articles

JSTOR for articles in journals and other publications

SocINDEX with Full-Text for articles in journals, magazines and other publications related to sociology

PsycArticles for articles in journals and other publications related to psychology

CQ Researcher: for comprehensive reports and analysis of issues in the news

Newspapers - U.S. Major Dailies: full-text access to The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune

The Research Process consists of the following 5 steps:

1. Researching and Selecting a Topic
2. Selecting Keywords
3. Searching for Sources
4. Evaluating Sources
5. Creating a Sources List

For more information on the Research Process, review the Start Your Research section on this guide.