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Is there a fundamental conflict between the professional, library-school model of finding resources and the real-life practices of researchers? And, if so, what does that mean about the professional practices of librarians? These questions provide a practical focus for the interpretation of interviews of librarians, faculty members, and undergraduates at the University of Rochester. Beyond this, the paper uses the theoretical work of Jean Lave and Andrew Abbott to question what research is, and ask why that matters to the practice of librarians.