Credo Reference or Credo (formerly Xrefer) is an American
company
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that offers online reference content by
subscription
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and partners with libraries to develop information-literacy programs or produce library marketing plans and materials.
[Swoger, Bonnie]
eReviews: Literati by Credo
. Library Journal. 2012-05-15. Accessed: 2014-11-10. Founded in 1999, Credo Reference provides full-text online versions of over 3,500 published reference works from more than 100 publishers in a variety of major subjects.
[Brynko, Barbara]
Sweet: The Rise of Credo Reference
Information Today. 2011-06-16. Accessed: 2011-06-16. (Archived by WebCite at ) These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias. The company's customers are libraries, library systems, k-12 schools, and universities, which subscribe to the service for their patrons' use.
[Sheret, L. (2013). Literati by Credo. The Charleston Advisor, 14(3), 20-25. (http://mds.marshall.edu/lib_faculty/33/). Accessed: 2014-12-02]
In 2010, a review of general reference sources by Library Journal focused on Credo Reference and three similar services.
[Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce]
LibraryJournal.com. 2011-06-15. Accessed: 2011-06-15. (Archived by WebCite® at ) The review noted Credo Reference's internal linking within the site from one reference work to another.
History
The company was founded as Xrefer in 1999. Xrefer initially provided free access to several dozen reference works. In 2002,
Béla Hatvany, founder of Computer Library Services (CLSI) and
Silverplatter, invested in Xrefer and funded the company's transition to becoming an online reference database product for libraries.
The company established an office in
Boston, MA USA, which would later become its headquarters. The name Credo Reference was adopted in June 2007; the company also moved its
England office from
London to
Oxford in that year.
In 2018, Credo Reference was acquired by
Infobase Publishing
Infobase Publishing is an American publisher of reference book titles and textbooks geared towards the North American library, secondary school, and university-level curriculum markets. Infobase operates a number of prominent imprints, includin ...
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References
Further reading
* Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce
"eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes" ''Library Journal.com'', Oct 15, 2010.
External links
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