Robichaud, Danielle2017-07-052017-07-052017-06-26http://activehistory.ca/2017/06/why-you-cant-see-everything-about-your-specific-research-topic/http://hdl.handle.net/10012/12048Archivists are commonly asked by researchers to produce everything available about a particular topic. While understandable from a researcher standpoint, fulfilling the request is a challenge. Unlike library holdings, archival material is rarely described to the item-level. This makes it difficult for archivists to do more than point researchers to where everything about a particular topic could be. The result is a persistent disconnect between researcher expectations and archival practice. This instructional resource explores that disconnect by exploring why it isn’t possible to ever obtain everything about X held in an archives or, more importantly, to bypass the sometimes daunting and unglamourous work of archival research.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canadahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/Archival DescriptionResearcher ExpectationsFinding AidsArticle