The Mid-Manhattan Library has a wide range of materials relating to the subject of immigration. This includes items covering, but not limited to, immigration history, patterns and waves of immigration, illegal immigrants, citizenship, and immigration law and policy to name a few. In order to access all of the relevant information on this topic you will need to consult a number of areas in the Dewey Decimal classification system and make use of both the History and Social Sciences Department on the 5th floor and the Education and Job Information Center Departments on the 2nd floor.
Dewey Decimal Classification System
Different aspects of immigration will be located in separate numbered areas in the Dewey system.
Books with call numbers in the following areas will be found in the History and Social Sciences Department on the 5th floor:
304.873, 305.8 – 305.9 Browse here for immigration histories and American ethnicities
323.6 Browse here for immigration and government policy
325’s Browse here for general works on immigration and emigration as well as international migration
342.7308 Browse here for immigration law
973.04 Browse here for histories of American immigrant groups
Books on citizenship (323.6097, 323.623, 342.7308) including how to become a citizen, visa and green card information, working permits, etc. may be found in the History and Social Sciences Department on the 5th floor as well as the Education and Job Information Center Departments on the 2nd floor. See also the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website listed in the selected websites and the end of this pathfinder.
Print Resources
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
Dictionary of American Immigration History. Francisco Cordasco, editor. Metuchen, N.J: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
REF 325.7303 D (5th Floor)
