| Excuse me! |
| Yes? |
| Sorry, but could I bother you for just a minute? |
| I think I left a book in this carrel last night. |
| Could you just take a look in the shelf for me? |
| Sure. What's the title? |
| Uh... "Fundamentals of Bioengineering" or something like that, |
| I forget the exact title. |
| That's why I need it! |
| It's a sort of green paperback. |
| Looks like a couple of other folks've left their books in here, too. |
| Why don't they put them back where they got them when they're through, anyway? |
| Probably just forgot, like me. |
| It's easy to forget a book in there after you've been sitting here going through books for three or four hours at night. |
| Yeah, I guess. I've done that, too. |
| How about, um... "Engineering Basics"? |
| Is this it? |
| It's not green, though. |
| It's kind of, uh, turquoise? |
| Huh! That's kind of eerie, isn't it? |
| That's really pretty close. |
| No, not mine. |
| Nothing else there? |
| Nope. Just a couple of works on Anglo-Saxon grammar. |
| Want those? |
| Haha, I don't think so! |
| I probably need one on English grammar, though. |
| My paper on GM is not organized very well. |
| GM? General Motors? |
| No. Gene modification. |
| It's due next Tuesday and I'm barely half-finished. |
| And I need that book to check the pagination, I'm including some quotes out of it. |
| Well, sorry I can't help, it's just not here. |
| Did you check the stacks? |
| Yeah, 'cause I thought at first I'd put it back. |
| But it's not where it's supposed to be, at least. |
| Maybe somebody else's got it then. |
| Somebody from your class maybe? |
| Yeah, maybe. We've all got papers due. |
| Did you check at the desk? |
| They can tell you if it's been checked out. |
| No, it can't be checked out. |
| Our prof put it on reserve until the end of the term. |
| Too many people might need to use it. |
| And there's only one copy? |
| That's pretty rough. |
| Yup, I think so. |
| Or... no, actually, I have no idea. |
| I just presumed there was. |
| I'll go check the catalogue! |
| Yeah, there might be another one in the Science Reading Room or the Medical Library. |
| You know the author? |
| Uh... Jamison, or um, Jamiston. Why? |
| Because I can search it for you right now, Google Scholar. |
| Huh? |
| Yeah, haven't you heard? |
| University Libraries has linked up with Google's search of library holdings all over the world |
| Wow! |
| Just a sec. |
| Jamison?... |
| And the title's something about bioengineering, |
| so keyword 'bioengineering'... |
| and, voila! |
| "Jamison, H.J., Fundamental Concepts of Bioengineering", |
| is that it? |
| Oh, yes! Great! |
| And... lessee... Tennyson University... yes, here we are: |
| Main Library, and Medical Research Library! |
| They've got a copy there, too, it says. |
| That is really great! |
| Thanks so much for your help. |
| I'm sorry I took up so much of your time. |
| I really appreciate this. |
| My pleasure. It's my major. |
| Huh? |
| Library Science. |
| You just gave me a little practicum |
| Ha, well, glad to help, then. |
| I've got to go! |
| The Medical Library closes for the weekend Saturday afternoon. |
| Better run, then! |
| Thanks again! Bye. |
| Good luck! |