Trial Search Tips

Explore Credo’s Online Reference Service

Are you currently enjoying a trial of Credo Reference?  The tips below will assist you with fully exploring the Credo platform:

1.       Narrow your search using our faceted search technology.

2.       Cite your work using APA, Chicago, Harvard and MLA citations (available on every entry).

3.       Related Entries allow you to explore Credo’s high-quality reference titles, such as subject encyclopedia, handbooks of research, and dictionaries.

4.       Related Resources allow you to conduct seamless, outbound searches into other library resources with just one click!

5.       Topic Pages are an all-in-one starting point for students to begin their research process. The unique structure of Credo Reference Topic Pages combines quality research, images and additional library resources such as databases and the library catalog to promote information literacy and improve research effectiveness.

6.       The Credo Concept Map provides a landscape view of results and facilitates serendipitous search.

7.       Dynamic Statistic Tables make it easy to compare and contrast data from different countries in our CIA World Factbook and from different counties in our US Census Title.

8.       Enjoy the over 300,000 art images in Credo, including the National Gallery Collection and the Bridgeman Art Library Archive.

9.       Listen to our 200,000+ audio pronunciation files!

10.     Grasp a concept more readily and go back in time when viewing our educational and historical video clips.

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