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Mellon Mays Fellows Library Research Guide

A short guide to resources and services to support original undergraduate research projects.

Academic Search Complete - This is an Excellent Place to Start - It Covers all Academic Subject Areas

Use the A-Z Guide to Identify Subject Specific Databases

The Drop-Down Box shows the number of databases for each subject:

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"Web of Science Citation Database"

Some databases such as Web Of Science, Scopos, and Google Scholar indicate  how many times an article has been cited by other articles in that specific database. This does not indicate  how many times the article has been cited in articles or books that are not in the database.

Example of Citations from the Web of Science Database:

THE ARMED CAREER CRIMINAL ACT AND THE US SENTENCING GUIDELINES: MOVING TOWARD CONSISTENCY

By: Levine, JG (Levine, James G.)

HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION, Volume: 46, Issue: 2, Pages: 537-567

Published: SUM 2009

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 12

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Black Lives Matter and the Paradoxes of US Black Politics: From Democratic Sacrifice to Democratic Repair

By:Hooker, J (Hooker, Juliet)[ 1 ]

POLITICAL THEORY. Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 448-469

Published: AUG 2016

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 32

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Reexamining resistance as oppositional behavior: The nation of Islam and the creation of a black achievement ideology

By: Akom, AA

SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION   Volume: 76   Issue: 4   Pages: 305-325 

Published: OCT 2003

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 76

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Claiming Rights across Borders: International Human Rights and Democratic Sovereignty

By:Benhabib, S (Benhabib, Seyla)

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, Volume: 103,Issue: 4,Pages: 691-704

Published: NOV 2009

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 66

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Black Lives Matter and the Paradoxes of US Black Politics: From Democratic Sacrifice to Democratic Repair

By:Hooker, J (Hooker, Juliet)[ 1 ]

POLITICAL THEORY. Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 448-469

Published: AUG 2016

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 32

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Reexamining resistance as oppositional behavior: The Nation of Islam and the creation of a black achievement ideology

By: Akom, AA

SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION   Volume: 76   Issue: 4   Pages: 305-325 

Published: OCT 2003

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 76

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Claiming Rights across Borders: International Human Rights and Democratic Sovereignty

By:Benhabib, S (Benhabib, Seyla)

AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, Volume: 103,Issue: 4,Pages: 691-704

Published: NOV 2009

Document Type: Article

Times Cited: 66