SOC 1128 Migrants, Refugees and the Mediterranean

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You can paste citations into BruKnow for easy access to books and articles, or you can use keyword searches to discover sources for your research.

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When you want to add a geographic area, consider the following:

• How is this area defined in the existing research? by different governments? organizations? How or has it changed over time?
• How granular or specific is geography defined in your research question?
• Am I searching in a general database or something that is already focused on this region?

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Examples of Subject Headings related to SOC 1128

• Mediterranean Region -- History
• Mediterranean Region -- Civilization
• Mediterranean Region -- Emigration and immigration
• European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
• Forced migration
• Refugees
• Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
• Shipwrecks -- Mediterranean Sea -- History -- 21st century.

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Select one source (book or article) that you have related to your topic

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3. Scroll down to "Subject"
4. Click on the heading to see more sources for that topic

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• Browse all Journals by Subject. Use the "Journals by category" menu in BruKnow to look for journals by topic
• Browse the bibliography of assigned readings in this class and make note of the journal names
• Conduct a search in a database like SocIndex, then click on the source filter to see a list of journal or publication names

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