Actual Library Queries
These are some Actual reference queries as recorded by
American and Canadian library employees:
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"Do you have books here?"
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"Do you have a list of all the books written in the
English language?"
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"Do you have a list of all the books I've ever read?"
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"I'm looking for Robert James Waller's book, 'Waltzing
through Grand Rapids.'"
(Actual title wanted: "Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.")
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"Do you have that book by Rushdie: 'Satanic Nurses'?"
(Actual title: "Satanic Verses")
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"Where is the reference desk?" This was asked of a
person sitting at a desk who had, hanging above her
head, a sign saying "REFERENCE DESK"!
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"I was here about three weeks ago looking at a cookbook
that cost $39.95. Do you know which one it is?"
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"Which outlets in the library are appropriate for my
hair dryer?"
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"Can you tell me why so many famous Civil War battles
were fought on National Park sites?"
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"Do you have any books with photographs of dinosaurs?"
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"I need a color photograph of Socrates"
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"I need a photocopy of Booker T. Washington's birth certificate."
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"I need to find out Ibid's first name for my bibliography."
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"Why don't you have any books by Ibid? He's written
a lot of important stuff."
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"I'm looking for information on carpal tunnel syndrome.
I think I'm having trouble with it in my neck."
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"Is the basement upstairs?" (Asked at First Floor
Reference Desk)
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"I am looking for a list of laws that I can break that
would send me back to jail for a couple of months."
[ Author Unknown -- from 'Buffalos Chips' (buffalos-g-jokes.yahoogroups.com) ]
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