How to use the online stories catalogue

 

Understanding the online oral stories catalogue interface

Search

Use this box to Search for keywords in the title and summary.

Filters

Use these checkboxes to narrow the results on the screen.

Story

This box contains information about a story in the database. The title, summary, speaker, dialect of the speaker and  the audio of the story. Click on the details to see more information about the story.

Storyteller (Speaker)

This the primary speaker (elder) telling this story.

Age

This is the minimum age for which this story has been deemed appropriate.

Interface language

This is current primary language of display of the database.

Audio

Click on audio control to listen to the oral recording of the audio

 

How to use the catalogue

The online catalogue has been designed so that you can find stories via searching for a keyword in the title or summary and or using predefined filters. There are six categories of filters to you apply.  

Below is an example of looking for stories from the Chisasibi community on the topic of animals.