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Conversation 2:

Listen to a conversation between a student and a librarian.

Librarian: Hi, can I help you?

Student: I hope so.

Librarian: Okay.

Student: 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？

Librarian: Okay, that may not be the problem.

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

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

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

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

Student: Oh!

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

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

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

Student: 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.

Librarian: 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.

Student: 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?

Librarian: 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.

Student: 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？

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

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

Librarian: Sure.

forgot about everything else.