Mission Course of Douglass Residential College

Look for a book or media material:

• Start off searching the Library Catalog with a keyword search; type in a general word or two that best describes your topic.
• Browse the results list to see if there is a title that looks relevant. If there are none, try your search again with some more specific terms.
• If you find a relevant book, click on the title to see the full Library Catalog record. Write down the subject headings (or tags) associated with the book.
• Continue to browse the results list, and write down any related subject headings for relevant books.

Narrow it down:

• Take the relavant subject headings you wrote down, and search by selecting "subject" from the drop-down bar next to the Library Catalog search box.
• Try to mix and match some of the subject headings to find a wide variety of relevant books.

Problems?

• If you are having problems finding any relevant results, make a list of synonyms or similar phrases to your topic and try searching each of them.

Frusciano T. and Perrone, F. (2000) A New Generation Looks Back: Historical Essays on Douglass College. Written by students of the Douglass Scholars Program.

Micheletti, L. Carrying on: Students at New Jersey College for Women and WWII. (Dept. of Women's Studies Honors Thesis). Call #: SCUA D810.E45N49 1999.

Mullaney, M. M. "The New Jersey College for Women: Middle Class Respectability and Proto Feminism, 1911-1918". The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 42:1 (2012).

Schmidt, G. P. (1968). Douglass College: a History. The book was commissioned at the 50th anniversary of Douglass College. the author, George Schmidt was a beloved faculty affiliated with Douglass College History Department.

Denda, K;, Hawkesworth, M.E., Perrone, F. (2018). Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women's College at Rutgers University. This book was commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Douglass College.