Community Psychology & School Psychology Masters

Tip: Search with synonyms
For example, if you are investigating a cultural group AND family relationships you could try searching with any of the following terms: parent child relations, family relations, family attitudes, parenting,
family conflict...

Need more synonyms? Use the Database Search Strategy Worksheet for MCP 627.

Not sure where to start? Try these:

• Google Scholar is an excellent tool for finding scholarly journal articles. Use the link on the Alverno Library webpage to find articles available on the "free" web or in the library's subscription databases.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) is the premier resource for global health information. The WHO website provides detailed information on many aspects of healthcare for countries worldwide. It includes information on health topics, data and statistics, and numerous publications on important healthcare issues.

• PsycINFO provides access to citations, abstracts, and full text articles from the professional Psychology literature as well as from other related disciplines. It is found on the Alverno Library's Databases page via the A to Z List or Databases by subject under Psychology & Social Work. 

Use PsycBooks to find relevant reference book articles, whole books and book chapters.

PsycBooks is found on  the library's Databases by Subject - Psychology & Social Work page. Here is a direct link to PsycBooks

Here is a sample of some results from a search done on multicultural competence:

• Smith T, Trimble J. Therapist multicultural competence: A meta-analysis of client experiences in treatment. Foundations of multicultural psychology: Research to inform effective practice  [Book Chapter]
   
• Chiriboga, D. A., & Hernandez, M. (2015). Multicultural competence in geropsychology. In P. A. Lichtenberg, B. T. Mast, B. D. Carpenter, J. Loebach Wetherell, P. A. Lichtenberg, B. T. Mast, ... J. Loebach Wetherell (Eds.) , APA handbook of clinical geropsychology, Vol. 1: History and status of the field and perspectives on aging  [Reference Book Article]
   
• Wedding, D. (2013). Improving international multicultural competence by working and studying abroad. In R. L. Lowman, R. L. Lowman (Eds.), Internationalizing multiculturalism: Expanding professional competencies in a globalized world  [Book Chapter]
   
• Comas-Díaz, L. (2012). Multicultural consciousness: Extending cultural competence beyond the clinical encounter. In , Multicultural care: A clinician's guide to cultural competence [Book Chapter]