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Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian.

Hi, can I help you?

I hope so.

Okay.

I need to find an article in a journal called Contemporary Research in Linguistics and I’ve looked all over the stacks for it but I can’t find it anywhere.

Could you look to see if it’s been checked out？

Okay, that may not be the problem.

But I just checked the computer catalog over there and it’s listed there and it says it’s available.

When you looked up the book locator number did you see the letters LAN?

Oh, okay, yeah, I saw that, but I didn’t know what it meant.

Well, that means it’s in the language department library. We don’t have it here.

Oh!

Yes, the university actually has nine libraries so you always have to check the library code when you’re looking for a book.

Oh, ok. But it is available, but not in this library?

Right, but we do have a number of other linguistics journals here.

No, I need this one specifically.This article is mentioned in a bunch of other articles I’ve read, and I wanted to have a look at the original, this one, you know in case there’s more stuff I could use in my paper.

Okay, well, you know, all the university’s libraries share their resources, so if you like I could call the language department library and ask them to send it over and we’d have it for you here, oh, a day after tomorrow around noon.

Oh, I appreciate that, but I can’t wait that long. I need this article for a paper I’m writing that’s due the day after tomorrow. Could you tell me where the language department library is?

Sure. It’s on the other campus in the basement of Pearson Hall across from the listening lab.But I doubt you’ll be able to make it over there in time today.

No, especially since I don’t have a car but my sister does, and I’m pretty sure she’d let me borrow it. If I go over there first thing tomorrow morning, will I be able to check it out right away？

I don’t see why not. Just make sure you have your student ID with you.

Okay, that’s what I’ll do then. Thank you very much.

Sure.

forgot about everything else.