Today, I have been to the library.
Over eighteen months at university, and yet I have little concept or experience of how the library works. In my time here, I have borrowed a mere handful of books, and have never ventured into the territory of theses, journals or periodicals. I wouldn't know how to access them, even if I wanted to; I am clueless to the wider resources of the university library system - taking out and returning books is about the only thing I can do. It seems a shame that although there is such a huge source of information at my ready disposal, the main advantage of the building is that it is a warm place to fill lecture gaps with chats.
Alors, having spent many days panicked and frustrated since any relevant books I searched for on the online system were on loan until forever or only avaliable in other library locations (I struggle enough navigating my way around the Science library, I daren't even attempt to find or figure out the other ones!) an eventual physical trip to the library resulted in a lot more than I bargined for....
Thankfully, it resulted in the loan of some lovely, lovely books on my topic of interest for my essay. They are lovely, because they have information, and the topic is of interest purely because it counts for a quarter of the marks for the module. Awesome.
Summary: I got books. Yay.
On the jukebox: Daniel Bedingfield ~ I Can't Read You
Over eighteen months at university, and yet I have little concept or experience of how the library works. In my time here, I have borrowed a mere handful of books, and have never ventured into the territory of theses, journals or periodicals. I wouldn't know how to access them, even if I wanted to; I am clueless to the wider resources of the university library system - taking out and returning books is about the only thing I can do. It seems a shame that although there is such a huge source of information at my ready disposal, the main advantage of the building is that it is a warm place to fill lecture gaps with chats.
Alors, having spent many days panicked and frustrated since any relevant books I searched for on the online system were on loan until forever or only avaliable in other library locations (I struggle enough navigating my way around the Science library, I daren't even attempt to find or figure out the other ones!) an eventual physical trip to the library resulted in a lot more than I bargined for....
Thankfully, it resulted in the loan of some lovely, lovely books on my topic of interest for my essay. They are lovely, because they have information, and the topic is of interest purely because it counts for a quarter of the marks for the module. Awesome.
Summary: I got books. Yay.
On the jukebox: Daniel Bedingfield ~ I Can't Read You
I know the Science-student panic on needing to use the library well. On the rare occasion that I do get books out I always end up with fines because I forget to return them, and I still have to work the entry machine out for a minute before I know which way to swipe my campus card. And I'm normally in a bad mood when I go there because if we are lectured properly, we shouldn't have to get books out at all.
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I love the Engineering library. Always useful for when we've done labs before doing the related theory, and you need to teach yourself before writing the report...
ReplyDeleteAlso, the quietness (and lack of proximity to computers) makes it much more conducive to work.