Great Expectations

Advisory Services

Adult Services Staff are trained to assist you with all your reading needs. We’re also happy to make music and audiovisual suggestions.

You can talk to us in person by visiting our help desks on level 2 (fiction and audiovisual) and level 4 (nonfiction and reference), or ask the Librarian, Jill Griffith, at the Dawe Branch. We also provide telephone assistance:

Fiction and Audiovisual  403-342-9110
Nonfiction and Reference 403-346-2100

If you are doing online research and need assistance contact us through Ask a Question

May We Suggest...? is an advisory service for RDPL Members. Please follow the link below for the Shelf Help form. Library staff will develop a personal reading list for you based on the information you provide. Your list will take approximately three weeks to complete and we will call or email you when it is ready.

May We Suggest...? Online Form

Recommended reading lists and website links are regularly prepared and updated. The following are some of our most popular advisory lists and websites:

Fiction Non-Fiction Films

Award Winners
Christian Fiction
Classics
Fantasy
Horror
I Spy
In the Trenches WWI
In the Trenches WWII
Inspirational Fiction
Legal Eagles
Made in Canada
Page Turners
Painters in Print
Political thrillers
Psychological Thrillers
RX for Medical Thrillers
Vampires and Werewolves
Victoriana
Women's Lives



 

 

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Non-Fiction That Reads Like Fiction
Pregnancy and Childbirth
The World of Sports
True Adventure
True Crime
What We're Reading Now

 

Black and White Horror
British Mystery Series
Criterion Collection

Period Dramas

Scary Movies
Sundance Award Winners
The Natural World
British Comedy

Readers' Advisory Links

Virtual Libraries in Foreign Languages/International Collection

International Collection Bibliography