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Online Demonstration

General Reference Collection

Credo Reference

What is Credo Reference? Aggregator of Full Text Online

Reference Books – Encyclopedias, Dictionaries,

Atlases etc

70+ publishers, 500+ integrated titles

over 3 million entries

more than 200,000 images

More than 200,000 audio files

Free MARC Records for each title

General Reference Database

E-books only

Equal Coverage for all subjects

Accessible content for middle school

through post graduate and professional levels

Content for academic, research institutions, corporations,

schools and public libraries

Unique URLs allow you to link to any book

or any subject on your website, Blackboard or LibGuides

Full citations for each entry

Some of our 70+ publishers…

Full title list at corp.credoreference.com/titles

A sampling of content

Some of our language titles…

Art

Bridgeman

Art Library Archive →

Chambers Film Factfinder

Cambridge Guide to Theatre

Thames & Hudson Dictionaries

20th Century Architecture

Art & Artists

Design Since 1900

Fashion & Fashion Designers

Literature…

Quotations

Geography

Medicine…

Psychology

Social Sciences

Science Titles

Biographies

Special TitlesHutchinson Encyclopedia

• Atlas

•Videos & Animations

•Audio Files

CIA World Factbook

•Dynamic Statistics Tables

These 5 Dictionaries contain audio pronunciations for majority of entries

Collection is ALWAYS growing! Recently Added:

Newsletters Content Update – Quarterly

Any changes made to Credo’s content over the previous 3 months

Usage Statistics Reminder Reminder to run monthly usage with tips to promoting Credo to your library users

Weekly Topic Page Update We are creating timely Topic Pages every week. Create easy

links to current content on your websites and blogs

Sign up: support@credoreference.com

Searching Credo

4 Ways to Search

•Keyword

•Browse titles individually

•Advanced Search

•Visual Search (Concept Map)

Keyword Search

Topic Pages

We have over 10,000 currently and we create new ones every week.

Reference Entries

Results from your Credo Title list. Results sorted by:

•Relevance

•Images & Multimedia Files

•Word Count

Faceted Browsing

Narrow your results by Subject, Entry Type, Multimedia File, Person & Print Publication Date

Entry Page

Related Entries

Searches terms related to your current entry. This only searches your Credo Title List

Related Resources

Pass your entry term to the results pages of your other subscribed databases

Browse Book

Jump to this book’s Table of Contents to browse through this title individually

Citations - available on every entry with drop-down menu allowing you to save in your favorite citation management systems

Find a Book

Your Bookshelf

•Title list broken down by subject

•Click subject on left to see list of titles in that subject

•Mouse over title to see pop up box

•Click title to go to Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Images Tab

Displays every image that the book contains

Tabs

Click different tabs to browse through books’ content. All images and links are browseable and clickable.

Advanced Search

Select specific titles or subjects to create your own tailored search

Flexible Searching

Concept Map: A Visual Search

Nodes represent full text articles from Credo. Mouse over node to get pop up box to tell you more about entry and option to open full text

Click node to create a new search

Gadgets

Gadgets are simple search boxes. Use the gadgets to find:

•Definitions

•Biographical entries

•Images

•Audio Files

•Quotes

•Convert Measurement

Topic Pages

Images taken from your Credo title list

A tag cloud of related Topic Pages, click to be taken to new Topic page.

general reference encyclopedia article complete with citation

Dictionary Definitions and more entries from your other Credo subject encyclopedias

Topic Pages: Customized