A library is a building for a collection of books, magazines, periodicals and newspapers. Thebook s are kept on the she lves in the stack room whereas the magazines, journals, etc. in thereading rooms. Modern libraries also have xerox rooms, and computer rooms.
If you want to bor row books, you can go to the loan desk , look over the correct call numbersin the card catalog and ask the librarian to take them out for you. Or you're allowed to enterthe stack room to find books for your self, you can look up the bound volume of index for thearticles relative to the subject, on which you are going to write a thesis. If the library doesn'tsubscribe to the magazine which carries the ar-ticle you want, you can borrow the magazinefrom other libraries by means of inter library loan service. Don't forget to show your librarycard or I.D. card to the librarian before you go into the reading room, where you can readmagazines or newspapers. If you find a good ar ticle and want to keep it , you can have itduplicated in the xerox room. Besides, if you want to watch films or slides , you can ask theprojectionist to play the videotape for you in the audio-visual room, where you can also listen tolanguage tapes and music tapes .