Menlo School Library: 8th grade: Diasporas: Project resources

Information sources

Menlo databases:

Access World News (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Current and historical news coverage from around the world.
Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
A great research starting point, with lots of background information and links to authoritative sites.
Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Sometimes important migration events will be covered in major US newspapers.
MAS Ultra (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Look for reference articles, news stories and first person accounts here.
World History: The Modern Era (ABC-Clio) This link opens in a new window
Look here for background information and primary sources.

Websites:

IOM: UN Immigration
Information from the United Nations International Organization for Migration.
Migration Data Portal
Data on global migration patterns since 1990.
Migration Policy Institute
News and data about many migration events.
Wikipedia
Yes it's on the research list! If you don't know anything about your topic, read an article here. Then follow the links at the bottom of the page to get the the authoritative resources.

AP Images Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Look here for photos taken after 1895.

Creative Commons Search
This tool allows you to search for images and sound recordings from a variety of sources including Google Images, Flickr, Wikimedia, and YouTube. Be sure to check the use permissions for any image you choose.

Image Quest (Britannica) This link opens in a new window
- Why search here?
  Look here for images and photographs with citation information provided.
- What’s included?
  Over two million photographs, artistic works and political cartoons.

To cite your images you have two options:

1. You can put them in Noodletools with your research sources for a print edbibliography. Your Chicago style image citation will look like this:

West, Ted. Disembarking Beatles. Photograph. March 11, 1965. ImageQuest.

2. You can also use this format (which is not Chicago style) when posting citations on an online slide:

West/Disembarking Beatles/https://photos.com/featured/disembarking-beatles-ted-west.html