Portolan

Portolan

Keywords and Descriptors

To facilitate precision searching, records in Portolan CLC have been annotated with keyword-intensive abstracts and have been assigned descriptors from a list of terms, developed in-house, that best reflects the genre and regional nature of the material.

Keywords used in abstracts

The following list of keywords has been used as a guideline in writing the abstracts:

Place Names

  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Fredericton
  • St. John's
  • Charlottetown
  • Halifax
  • Cape Breton Island
  • Sable Island
  • Oak Island
  • Isle aux Morts
  • Grand Pré
  • Bay of Fundy
  • Louisbourg
  • Arctic Regions
  • Atlantic Canada

Cultures

  • Acadian
  • Mi'kmaq
  • Maliseet
  • Abenaki
  • Beothuk
  • United Empire Loyalists
  • Loyalists
  • Black Canadians

Formats

  • Picture book
  • Colouring Book
  • Chapter book
  • Easy Reader
  • Novel
  • Play
  • Poetry
  • Short Stories

Genres

  • Non-fiction
  • Adaptations
  • Science Fiction
  • Mystery
  • Historical Fiction
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
  • Romance
  • Biography
  • Folktale
  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alphabet Book
  • Wordless
  • Toy or Movable Book
  • Pop-up
  • Children's Writing

Linguistic Concerns

  • Bilingual
  • English
  • French
  • Mi'kmaq
  • Translation
  • Maliseet
  • Gaelic

Pertaining to Illustration

  • Illustrated
  • Colour Plates
  • Black and White
  • Colour
  • Photographs

Historical Events and Locations

  • Deportation of the Acadians
  • Halifax Explosion
  • Africville

Industry

  • Forestry
  • Fisheries, Fishing
  • Mining, Coal Mining
  • Second World War

Historical Figures

  • John Cabot
  • Samuel de Champlain
  • Frederick Banting
  • Sir Wilfred Grenfell
  • Sir Howard Douglas
  • J.A.D McCurdy

Other

  • Archaeology
  • Art
  • Music
  • Cooking
  • Botany
  • Families
  • Christmas
  • Ships
  • Clipper Ships
  • Schooners
  • Community

Issues

  • Deafness
  • Conflict-Resolution
  • Conservation
  • Bullying
  • Death
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Children's Rights
  • Blindness
  • Body Image
  • Adoption
  • Aging
  • Anorexia
  • Alcoholism
  • Allergies
  • Disability
  • Friendship
  • Sport
  • Grief
  • Emotions

Animals

  • Dogs
  • Horses
  • Cats
  • Bears
  • Cows
  • Turtles
  • Tortoises
  • Fish
  • Cod
  • Salmon
  • Birds
  • Cranes
  • Frogs

Descriptors assigned to bibliographic records

The following is a comprehensive list of descriptors assigned to records in Portolan CLC.