Interdisciplinary Databases
You can use narrow, specialized terms to search the following databases and sites as you are searching the full text of the articles. For exact phrases use quotes to narrow your results. Add United States or US in your search to limit your results to articles that focus on US immigration policy for legal residents. Below are some possible search terms:
- "legal permanent resident" AND United States
- immigration policy AND United States
- permanent residents immigration AND United States
- citizenship AND United States
Add additional terms to your search such as economics, politics, or ethics to focus your research on more narrow aspects of the Spring Exercise. Another option to restrict search results is to change the default search from a keyword search to searching for terms within the abstract field only. See screenshot from Academic Search Premier below.
- Academic Search Premier (Harvard Login)Search thousands of scholarly journals in all disciplines.
- Google Scholar (Harvard PIN required)Searches scholarly literature, theses, books, and reports in all disciplines.
- ProQuest Social Sciences Premium CollectionDatabase collection covering the social sciences including politics, sociology, education and criminal justice. Includes public policy literature database, PAIS.
Selected Journals
- Forced Migration ReviewProduced by the Refugee Studies Centre of the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Full-text issues available back to 1998.
- International MigrationProduced by the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration & the Research Group for European Migration Problem but scope of journal is global. Full-text is available back to 1963.
- International Migration ReviewPeer reviewed, scholarly journal on international migration issues.
Harvard Article & Book Databases
- EconLitIndexes articles in over 450 economics journals as well as books, book reviews, chapters in books, dissertations and working papers from 1969 to the present.
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working PapersFull-text of NBER Working Papers from 1973 to the present.
- Oxford Handbooks: Political Science (Harvard Login)Review essays that evaluate the current thinking on various areas of political science, e.g. elections, political behavior, or national security.
Note: Not all books listed on this page may be accessible; check for the green unlocked symbol next to the title.
- PAIS International (Harvard Login)Indexes the public and social policy literature of public administration, political science, economics, finance, international relations and law.
- Sociological AbstractsA core resource for researchers, professionals, and students in sociology, social planning/policy, and related disciplines. It includes citations and abstracts from over 1800 journals, relevant dissertations, selected books and book chapters, and association papers, as well as citations for book reviews and other media.
- Urban Studies AbstractsAbstracts for literature in the area of urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, and urban history. Coverage back to 1973.
Publications
- Center for Immigration Studies: PublicationsImmigration policy think tank with links to all CIS publications, congressional testimony, and panel discussion transcripts dating back to 1986
- Department of Homeland Security, Immigration StatisticsReports from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security including the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. Gathered by US Office of Immigration Statistics.The most current data was published in 2013.
- Institute for the Study of International MigrationGeorgetown School of Foreign Policy Institute includes publications focusing on all aspects of international migration including immigration policy.
- International Migration (UN)Home page for immigration data & statistics sites from the United Nations Statistics Division
- Migration & RemittancesPublications from the World Bank including the annually published Migration & Remittances Factbook
- OECD iLibraryAccess to all OECD publications including factbooks,papers, statistics & other OECD publications.
- OECD International Migration StatisticsFlagship OECD publication for international migration statistics.
- Urban Institute: ImmigrantsPublications about immigration dating back to 1990.
- US Census, Immigration StatisticsLinks to US Census reports, statistics and data about international migration.
- US Census, United States Foreign-Born PopulationReports, data tables, and maps from the U.S. Census Bureau.