Click here to access the database portal. No passwords are needed when using computers at school. See your library media specialist for login and passwords to use databases at home.

You may want to use a few databases in particular:

• SIRS Discoverer has articles that may help with your topic. Be sure to use a keyword search.
  
  
• Student Resource Center Gold is another database with articles on some of these topics. Use either a keyword search or search the entire document !
  
  
• World Book Online is another helpful resource.
  
  
• Also helpful for your search may be SIRS Knowledge Source, and SIRS WebSelect. Use keyword searches for these databases also.

Locate information from authoritative and reliable resources using the following search terms. Remember that these search terms may need to be combined for effective searching, such as:

California migrant farmworkers

• migrant farm workers
• Mexican immigrants
• Depression
• California
• labor unions
• living conditions
• planting season

Also, use the HELP portal for each database to learn more about effective search strategies.

Once you retrieve your results,a good strategy is to sort the articles by reading level, especially if you find the articles difficult to understand.