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The library contains published material - books, pamphlets, journals, clippings - relating to Medicine Hat and district, and to the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Library also encompasses reference, research, and exhibition publications relating to the Art Gallery.
Collection strengths include city directories, local histories, ranching and cowboys, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, gas and oil, and art exhibition catalogues from across the country.
RESEARCH REQUESTS
Materials in the Library are available for study by researchers in the Archives Reading Room only. We do not operate as a lending library. Researchers are accommodated BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
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SEARCH TIPS
Type a word, phrase, or search expression in one or more of the
search boxes. Letter case is not important.
Example: Typing “General Hospital” retrieves that phrase exactly wherever it is used. Typing “hospital” retrieves more results.
To do a wildcard search shorten the word with a “*" at the end of a string of letters. Example: " paint*" will
find paint, painting, painter, painted, etc.
AND: To narrow
a search, use "&" between
the search terms. Example: "Oil & landscape" will
find records in which both words occur.
OR : To broaden a search, use "/" to stand for “or” between
the search terms. Example: Entering " anthropolog*
/ cultur* " will find records in which any one of these terms
and their variants occur.
NOT : To search
for one term but not another use "!" between
the search terms. Example:" "painting
! oil*" will find the records
given in the first example with the oil filtered
out. (note wildcard “*” usage
at end of word painting which will exclude the word
paints as well)
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