How does CSH describe ethnic, racial and language groups in Canada?
Important distinctions between CSH and LCSH occur in the headings used to describe ethnic and racial groups in Canada, and in those used to indicate language. CSH subject headings construct ethnic groups differently than LCSH, distinguishing between citizens of a certain ancestry with Canadian residents of a certain ancestry who are not yet citizens or who are not permanently domiciled in Canada. For instance: Belarusian Canadians = for works on Canadian citizens of Belarusian ancestry Belarusians-Canada = for works on Belarusians in Canada, who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents. CSH also makes note of the language that literary works are written in by the use of a qualifier. Almanacs, Canadian (Italian) = a Canadian almanac, published in the Italian language Canadian literature (Cree) = Canadian literature written in Cree If the ethnic or cultural term, however, appears in a form other than a qualifier, (e.g. in an adjectival phrase), this term always refer to the ethni
