Reference

About Credo Reference

Access to online full text reference books on every major subject from leading publishers. Information includes images, sound files, animations and videos.

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Key features

Credo Reference contains searchable and browsable online reference books from some of the world’s leading publishers, including Bloomsbury and Penguin. Interactive features include:

  • Images, video, animations and audio content such as poems, plays and music;
  • Browsing by subject groupings and creating a "concept map"– a visual display of available material;
  • Gadgets including a crossword solver, quotations search and a conversion tool;
  • A multilingual interface – English, Chinese, French, Spanish and Urdu are currently available;
  • Bookmark and share entries using Twitter, Facebook and more;
  • Citation management – export saved results to the user’s tool of choice, such as EndNote.

More information

Credo Reference was formerly known as Xrefer Plus, which initially provided free access to several dozen reference works before expanding its catalogue and renaming itself as Credo Reference in 2007. Titles include:

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