1. Conceptualizing Cultural Literacy as a Key Concept When Researching Caribbean Cultural Groups Ardis Hanson, PhD University of South Florida

2. Introduction  Academic social work program  Evidence-based practice approach  Suppositions  Acquisition of solid research skills  Working with diverse populations  Information literacy is a professional competency  Life-long learning

3. Literature Shows  Lack of confidence in their information- seeking skills  Negative responses to research assignments

4. Setting  Graduate students in Social Work  Search request:  Resiliency and health, post 2010 earthquake  Search databases: PsycINFO, Social Work Abstracts, and Social Services Research

5. What We Found  Natural language searches only  No use of thesauri or indices  No accounting of how they searched  Multiple failed searches before finding relevant information

6. PsycINFOSocial Work AbsSocial Services Resilience (PsychologicalResiliency; Psychological Hardiness Resilience Adaptability (Personality)Adaptability Cognitive ReservePsychological well-being Coping BehaviorCoping mechanismsCoping Emotional AdjustmentEmotional adjustmentPsychological Adjustment Emotional StabilityDepression (Adjustment) Posttraumatic Growth Protective FactorsProtective Factors USE Risk Factors Psychological Endurance Psychological Stress Adjustment Adjustment; Flexibility

7. What the GAs Learned  Mapping  Database support  Difference between thesauri and indices  Taking terms across databases  Wildcard  Record and term analysis  Classification codes

8. Cultural Literacy  PsycINFO  Class codes  Special Populations 4340  Index terms  CULTURAL AWARENESS  RACE  AFRO-CARIBBEAN

9. Cultural Literacy  Social Services Abstract  Illness Behavior versus Health Behavior  Subject heading for West Indies; West Indians; West Indian  Health Beliefs

10.  Larger ethnic groupings  May mean  More background research on cultural groups  Expanding search  More time spent retrieving and reading articles for relevance Afro-Caribbean

11. Cultural Competence  Taxonomy  Ontology  Metadata  Crosswalks  Disambiguation

12. Implications for Academic Libraries  Determine which databases to use  Social Work Abstracts  400 titles: 50 core titles indexed cover to cover  Social Services Abstracts  1300+ journals; 85 core titles indexed cover to cover  PsycINFO  Most efficient at searching SW journals due to number of titles covered

13. Implications for Academic Libraries  Locate a “how to” guide for the database  Use online tools  Thesauri, indices, classification codes/schema  Learn to read closely and critically the entire record  Keep a journal of the search  When in doubt, ask an expert