This research guide provides an overview of resources to help students explore the topic of immigration in an American context.
→ This page covers reference sources (encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks) that summarize or repackage background information to help researchers understand important details and context about a topic.
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Beginning research tip:
Taking notes from background/reference sources helps researchers generate keywords to use in library catalogs and databases to search for books, articles, and/or primary sources.
Try searching for background information with the databases below:
Includes scholarly content on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history.
The Encyclopedia of New York City by 
Defining Documents in American History : Immigration and Immigrant Communities (1790-2016) by Depending on your topic or interest area, see the following research guides:
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