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)


