Credo Reference
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Reference/Database and Educational services |
Headquarters | 50 Milk Street, 16th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Chief Executive Officer: Mike Sweet |
Products | Credo General Reference (Academic, Public, School) Essential Subject Collections Credo Add-on perpetual eBooks InfoLit Modules Credo Instruct Credo View |
Parent | Infobase Publishing |
Website | Corp.CredoReference.com |
Credo Reference or Credo (formerly Xrefer) is an American company that offers online reference content by subscription and partners with libraries to develop information-literacy programs or produce library marketing plans and materials.[1] 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.[2] These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias.[3] The company's customers are libraries, library systems, k-12 schools, and universities, which subscribe to the service for their patrons' use.[4]
In 2010, a review of general reference sources by Library Journal focused on Credo Reference and three similar services.[5] 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.[6] In 2002, Béla Hatvany, founder of Computer Library Services (CLSI) and , invested in Xrefer and funded the company's transition to becoming an online reference database product for libraries.[2][7] The company established an office in Boston, MA USA, which would later become its headquarters.[8] 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.[9]
References[]
- ^ Swoger, Bonnie. eReviews: Literati by Credo Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. Library Journal. 2012-05-15. Accessed: 2014-11-10.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Brynko, Barbara. Sweet: The Rise of Credo Reference. Information Today. 2011-06-16. Accessed: 2011-06-16. (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5zTYWk1pT?url=http://www.infotoday.com/IT/may11/Sweet-The-Rise-of-Credo-Reference.shtml )
- ^ Jack O'Gorman (2008), Reference sources for small and medium-sized libraries (7th ed.), p. 11, ISBN 978-0-8389-0943-0
- ^ Sheret, L. (2013). Literati by Credo. The Charleston Advisor, 14(3), 20-25. (http://mds.marshall.edu/lib_faculty/33/). Accessed: 2014-12-02
- ^ Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce. eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes. LibraryJournal.com. 2011-06-15. Accessed: 2011-06-15. (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/5zTSt1ROw?url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886908-403/ereviews_general_reference_sources_and.html.csp )
- ^ Xrefer's front page as of August 17, 2000, via archive.org.
- ^ Murphy, J. (2009). Reference tool helps organise scholarly resources. Research Information. April/May 2009. http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=215
- ^ Witte, S., & Cargill, M. (2008). Selected Reference Works, 2007–081. College & Research Libraries, 69(5), 459-475. http://crl.acrl.org/content/69/5/459.short
- ^ "Infobase Announces Acquisition of Credo Reference Limited | Infobase". Retrieved 2020-10-19.
Further reading[]
- Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce. "eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes", Library Journal.com, Oct 15, 2010.
External links[]
- American digital libraries
- Commercial digital libraries
- 1999 establishments in Massachusetts