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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.cite-ref-literatireview-1-0[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.cite-ref-sweetrise-2-0[2] These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias.cite-ref-3[3] The company's customers are libraries, library systems, k-12 schools, and universities, which subscribe to the service for their patrons' use.cite-ref-literatibycredo-4-0[4]

In 2010, a review of general reference sources by Library Journal focused on Credo Reference and three similar services.cite-ref-ereviews-5-0[5] The review noted Credo Reference's internal linking within the site from one reference work to another.

• History

• References

• Further reading

• External links

The company was founded as Xrefer in 1999. Xrefer initially provided free access to several dozen reference works.cite-ref-6[6] 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.cite-ref-sweetrise-2-1[2]cite-ref-7[7] The company established an office in Boston, MA USA, which would later become its headquarters.cite-ref-8[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.cite-ref-9[9]

cite-note-literatireview-11. ↑ Swoger, Bonnie. eReviews: Literati by Credo Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. Library Journal. 2012-05-15. Accessed: 2014-11-10.

cite-note-sweetrise-22. ↑ Brynko, Barbara. Sweet: The Rise of Credo Reference. Information Today. 2011-06-16. Accessed: 2011-06-16. (Archived by WebCite at )

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefjack-o-gorman2008Jack O'Gorman (2008). Reference sources for small and medium-sized libraries (7th ed.). American Library Association. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8389-0943-0.

cite-note-literatibycredo-44. ↑ Sheret, L. (2013). Literati by Credo. The Charleston Advisor, 14(3), 20-25. (http://mds.marshall.edu/lib_faculty/33/). Accessed: 2014-12-02

cite-note-ereviews-55. ↑ Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce. eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes. LibraryJournal.com. 2011-06-15. Accessed: 2011-06-15. (Archived by WebCite® at )

cite-note-66. ↑ Xrefer's front page as of August 17, 2000, via archive.org.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefmurphy2009Murphy, John (April 2009). "Reference tool helps organise scholarly resources". Research Information.

cite-note-88. ↑ 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

cite-note-99. ↑ "Infobase Announces Acquisition of Credo Reference Limited | Infobase". Retrieved 2020-10-19.

• Golderman, Gail; Connolly, Bruce. "eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes", Library Journal.com, Oct 15, 2010.

• Official website