Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS), produced by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts a wide range of media from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues from 1988 onwards.
Source documents include books, book chapters, journal articles, selected newspaper articles, government documents, conference papers, research reports, theses and multimedia.
MAIS also contains 700+ web links to content.
Subject coverage includes immigration, emigration, multiculturalism, ethnicity, racism, multicultural education, migrant health, welfare and social services, access and equity, settlement services, refugees, population studies, and aboriginal studies. Some international material is included. From August 1996 the focus has narrowed to Australian material only.
Subjects covered:
Frequency: Monthly
Coverage: 1988 - present
Records: 49,750+