5. Browse the Library Shelves
You head to the first set of shelves that you see and begin scanning the titles. You see many large encyclopedias and reference books that do not appear to be related to your subject. This section of the library doesn’t seem to have what you are looking for, so you take the elevator to the second floor and begin checking the books on the shelves there.
You slowly walk out of the library. Shaky, hungry, and defeated. Four years have passed. You were lost, roaming in the library stacks for all that time.
Without prior knowledge of the library layout and systems, it was too difficult to find what you needed amongst the hundreds of books, articles, and recordings. On one hand, there was too much to look at! On the other, for such a big library, it seemed like there were only so many shelves and it makes you wonder if there are more library resources stored somewhere else.
Your classmates have all graduated and you haven’t seen the sun in ages. It burns your eyes a bit as they adjust to the brightness. All this time, and you still don’t know how to find sources in the library.
