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2002

Lan, Wen-Chin. From Document Clues to Descriptive Metadata: Document Characteristics Used by Graduate Students in Judging the Usefulness of Web Documents. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002. Advisor: Jerry D. Saye.

Yang, Kiduk. Combining Text-, Link-, and Classification-based Retrieval Methods to Enhance Information Discovery on the Web. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002. Advisor: Gary Marchionini.

2001

Marson, Barbara Miller. The Adoption and Implementation of Online Public Access Catalogs in the North Carolina Community College System. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 221 p. Evelyn Daniel.

Meho, Lokman I. The Information-Seeking Behavior of Social Science Faculty Studying Stateless Nations. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 203p. Advisor: Helen R. Tibbo.

Slone, Debra Jean. Road Maneuvers: Information-Seeking Behaviors of Public Library Users on the Internet. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001. 132p. Advisor: Claudia Gollop.

2000

O'Keefe, Karen Michelle. The Quality of Medical Students' confidence Judgments When Using External Information Resources: The Effects of Different Media Formats, Source of Questions, and Question Formats. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000. 132 p. Advisor: Barbara M. Wildemuth.

Williamson, Jeannine Mary. The Vocabulary and Rhetorical Structures in Literary Studies Articles about Molly Bloom: A Description, and Applications for Information Science. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000. 349p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

1999

Sauperl, Alenka. Subject Determination During the Cataloging Process. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 304p. Advisor: Jerry D. Saye.

Swain, Deborah Elizabeth. A Communication Model for a Software Engineering Environment. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 204p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

Tang, Rong. Use of Relevance Criteria Across Stages of Document Evaluation: A Micro Level and Macro Level Analysis. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999. 330p. Advisor: Paul Solomon.

1998

Cogdill, Keith Wilson. The Information Needs and Information Seeking of Nurse Practitioners. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 129p. Advisor: Barbara M. Wildemuth.

Gant, Stephen Paul. Information Filtering of the Congressional Record: Explaining Variation in Adoption and Intensity of Use. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 194p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

He, Shaoyi. Translingual Alteration of Conceptual Information in Medical Translation: A Cross-Language Analysis Between English and Chinese. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 120p. Advisor: Stephanie W. Haas.

Hughes, Sandra M. The Impact of Whole Language on Four Elementary School Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 299p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

Paris, Lee Anne Hagewood. Stopping Behavior: User Persistence in Online Searching and Its Relation to Optimal Cutoff Points for Information Retrieval Systems. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. 247p. Advisor: Helen R. Tibbo.

1997

Seaver, Barry William. The Career of Rebecca Browning Rankin, the Municipal Reference Librarian of the City Of New York, 1920-1952. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997. 429p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1996

O'Neill, Ann L. Information Transfer in Professions: A Citation Analysis of Nursing Literature. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996. 170p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

Smith, Martha Montague. Information Ethics: An Hermeneutical Analysis of an Emerging Area in Applied Ethics. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996. 168p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

1995

Bohannan, April. Anticipatory Socialization: A Study of Entering Students in Library and Information Science Programs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 158p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

Byrd, Gary D. The Extent to Which Common Property Academic Health Sciences Library Journal Collections Contribute to Individual Productive Use of the Biomedical Journal Literature. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 239p. Advisor: Joe A. Hewitt.

Greever, Ellen A. Fractured Fairy Tales: Parody in Literary Fairy Tales for Children. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 164p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

Owens, Irene. Librarian-Patron Interaction and Information Exchange in the Reference Department of an Academic Library. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995. 219p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1994

Jacob, Elin Katherine. Sharing Concepts: Communicative Constraints on the Structure of Categories. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. 236p. Advisor: Stephanie Haas.

Olszak, Lydia Pearl. Mistakes, Failures, and Dirty Work in Reference Service. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. 239p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

1993

Fedora, Arabelle P. An Exploration of the Scheduling Patterns of Two Exemplary Elementary School Media Centers. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 319p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

Hart, Richard Lukens. The Information-Gathering Behavior of the Faculty of a Four-Year State College. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 193p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

Hovekamp, Tina. Maragou. Unions and Work Attitudes: Job Satisfaction, Work Values, and Organizational Commitment of Professional Librarians. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 203p. Advisor: Elfreda A. Chatman.

Moon, Sung Been. Enhancing Performance of Full-Text Retrieval Systems Using Relevance Feedback. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 208p. Advisor: Robert Losee.

Shannon, Donna M. Children's Responses to Humor in Fiction. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 255p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

Snyder, Nancy Karen. A Cognitive Analysis of Concept Books. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993. 214p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

1992

Gleim, David Ernest. The Relationship Between Cataloging Delay and the Circulation of Books at a Large Research Library. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992. 228p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

1991

Brown, Kathleen Rae. An Analysis of the Variables of Overlap, Duplication, and Use in the Collections of Three Liberal Arts College Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 277p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

Feehan, Patricia Ellen. State Library Agency Youth Services Consultants: Their Potential as Agents of Change. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 260p. Advisor: Barbara B. Moran.

Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. American Public Library Service to the Immigrant Community, 1876-1948: A Biographical History of the Movement and Its Leaders: Jane Maud Campbell (1869-1947), John Foster Carr (1869-1939), Eleanor (Edwards) Ledbetter (1870-1954), And Edna Phillips (1890-1968). Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991. 630p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1990

Burgin, Robert Edward. Improved Syntactic Disambiguation in the FASIT Automatic Indexing Environment. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 221p. Advisor: Martin Dillon.

Eaton, Elizabeth Gale. Effects of Spatial Skills and Route Uncertainty on the Ability of Fifth-Graders and High School Students to Locate Known Items on Library Shelves. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 235p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

High, Walter Martin, III. Editing Changes to Monographic Cataloging Records in the OCLC Database: An Analysis of the Practice in Five University Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 286p. Advisor: William M. Shaw, Jr.

Kester, Diane Katherine Davies. Modeling the School System Adoption Process for Library Networking. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990. 213p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

1989

Ruffin, Angela Beverly. School Library Media Specialists and Instructional Development Activities: An Analysis of Time Spent in Instructional Consulting with Teachers. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989. 181p. Advisor: Marilyn Miller.

1988

Carmichael, James Vinson, Jr. Tommie Dora Barker and Southern Librarianship. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 571p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

Gaumond, George Raymond. Organizational Characteristics of University Departmental Libraries in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 164p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

Havener, W. Michael. The Use of Print Versus Online Sources to Answer Ready Reference Questions in the Social Sciences. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 166p. Advisor: Judith B. Wood.

Martin, Robert Sidney. Louis Round Wilson at the University of North Carolina, 1901-1932. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988. 805p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1987

Allen, Jean Short. Information-Seeking Patterns and Resource Use by Baptist Leaders in Three Central American Countries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987. 292p. Advisor: Evelyn H. Daniel.

1986

Craddock, George Edward, Jr. The Role of the Library Director in the Small Private Liberal Arts College. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 265p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

Dowell, David Ray. The Relation of Salary to Sex in a Female Dominated Profession: Librarians Employed at Research Universities in the South Atlantic Census Region. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 238p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

Jackson, Susan McEnally. The History of the Junior Novel in the United States, 1870-1980. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 510p. Advisor: Susan Steinfirst.

Rodney, Mae Lipscomb. The Influence of Certain Variables on Collection Use at Three Historically Black Liberal Arts Colleges. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 180p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

Willett, Holly Geneva. Services and Resources in California Public Libraries in Fiscal Year 1977-78 and Fiscal Year 1982-83. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1986. 241p. Advisor: Marilyn Miller.

1985

Budd, John Mason. Characteristics of Research Materials Used by American Literature Scholars: A Citation Study. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 198p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

Williams, Delmus Eugene. The Impact of Accreditation by the Southern Association on the Process of Change in Two University Libraries. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1985. 210p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1984

Molyneux, Robert Edward. An Examination of the Growth of Academic Libraries in the United States, 1972/73-1981/82. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1984. 317p. Advisor: Robert Broadus.

1983

Nielsen, Thomas Brian. The Impact of a User Fee on Librarian Responsiveness: An Examination of Online Bibliographic Searching and Reference Practice. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983. 207p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

1982

Bierbaum, Esther Green. The Museum Library: Its Relationship to Educational Programming in Science or Natural History Museums. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982. 183p. Advisor: Edward G. Holley.

1981

Dowell, Arlene (Taylor). A Five-Year Projection of the Impact of the Rules for Form of Heading in the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, Upon Selected Academic Library Catalogs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981. 189p. Advisor: Lester Asheim.

1980

Bell, Joann Hardison. An Investigation of Attitudes about Continuing Professional Education Programs in Library Schools Held by Faculty Members and Deans of Library Schools with Accredited Master's Programs. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980. 203p. Advisor: Fred Roper.

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