SOC 1128 Migrants, Refugees and the Mediterranean

In this course, you will use a mix of sources for your research, including film, books, interviews, journals, websites and newspaper articles, and taped interviews. This guide provides starting points for locating these materials, and is formatted to match the course modules:

• History
• Case Studies
• Organizations

The Library has additional and more in depth pages for other areas that you may find more useful depending on the topic you choose for your final paper:

Types of Information Resources

Identify different information formats and understand that different types of resources can be used for different purposes

Google vs. Research Databases: What's the Difference?

Define databases and identify differences between the type of information available through general search engines and academic databases

Finding Ebooks

Understand what an ebook is and its relationship with other formats, and learn how to select an ebook on a certain topic

Finding Articles

Learn what an article is and its relationship with other formats, and be able to select for articles using the library homepage search and a database.

 Finding Newspaper Articles

  Locate historic newspaper articles

Finding Images

Find images using Artstor and Google Advanced Image Search.

Getting Articles You Cannot Find

Learn how to get a PDF copy of an article that you are not able to find using interlibrary loan.