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4. Borrowing at the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL)

You enter through the front doors of the Taylor Family Digital Library (TDFL). Some students pass quickly through the front hall entrance and go out the opposite doors, while others enter the library space. You scan around the library space and see the TDFL service desk, many students studying at individual or group workspaces, and wait a second… is that a coffee shop??

Image of a white desk area with a computer and nearby tables. A sign above the desk reads "Service Desk."
The TDFL Service Desk

You head over to the coffee shop and buy some refreshments, glad that you made the choice to come to the library and get started on your assignment. It is going to feel good to dive in and get it off of your to-do list.

After finishing your tea and muffin, you leave the café area and consider where to start. Your professor said that you could use both electronic and physical resources. You know your topic and want to locate resources efficiently. Where should you begin looking?

To continue the story, choose from an option below:

Go browse in the online library catalogue

Go browse amongst the library shelves

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