Dissertation Information for Marcia J. BatesNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: Factors Affecting Subject Catalog Search Success Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to examine the effect of two variables on success in searching a subject catalog organized by the Library of Congress subject heading system. The variables were "subject familiarity", defined as prior familiarity with the subject area of the search, and "catalog familiarity"; defined as familiarity with the form and principles of organization of the subject cataloging system used in the catalog. The effects of these variables were tested with university students in a laboratory setting which reproduced a real search situation. Students of librarianship, psychology, and economics participated in the study. A student's search success was measured by the frequency of match between his term and the library's term for a subject. Catalog familiarity was found to have a very significant beneficial |
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Students under Marcia J. Bates
ADVISEES:
- Judith Lechner - University of California, Los Angeles (1989)
- Mavis Molto - University of California, Los Angeles (1989)
- Dee Michel - University of California, Los Angeles (1992)
- Shaojun Lu - University of California, Los Angeles (1999)
- Francesca Marini - University of California, Los Angeles (2005)
- Diane Mizrachi - University of California, Los Angeles (2011)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Karen Brounstein Levitan - University of Maryland (1976)
- Eileen G. Abels - University of California, Los Angeles (1984)
- Marilyn Slater - University of California, Los Angeles (1988)
- Jae Whoan Lee - University of California, Los Angeles (1992)
- Sandra Hirsh - University of California, Los Angeles (1996)
- Sara Layne - University of California, Los Angeles (1997)
- Melissa Gross - University of California, Los Angeles (1998)
- Matthew Saxton - University of California, Los Angeles (2000)
- Kalpana Shankar - University of California, Los Angeles (2002)
- Holly Ann Gardinier - University of California, Los Angeles (2004)