W:EN:Credo Reference

{{Short description|American company}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Credo

| logo = frameless

| type = Subsidiary

| foundation =

| location = 50 Milk Street, 16th Floor,
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

| key_people = Chief Executive Officer: Mike Sweet

| industry = Reference/database and educational services

| products = Credo General Reference (Academic, Public, School)
Essential Subject Collections
Credo Add-on perpetual eBooks
InfoLit Modules
Credo Instruct
Credo View

| revenue =

| num_employees =

| parent = Infobase Publishing

| homepage = {{official URL}}

}}

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.Swoger, Bonnie. [http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/reference/ereviews-literati-by-credo/ eReviews: Literati by Credo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710011131/https://reviews.libraryjournal.com/2012/05/reference/ereviews-literati-by-credo/ |date=2018-07-10 }}. 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. [http://www.infotoday.com/IT/may11/Sweet-The-Rise-of-Credo-Reference.shtml 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.{{cite book |title=Reference sources for small and medium-sized libraries |page=[https://archive.org/details/referencesources0000unse/page/11 11] |author=Jack O'Gorman |year=2008 |edition=7th |isbn=978-0-8389-0943-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/referencesources0000unse/page/11 }} 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. [http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintcurrentissue/886908-403/ereviews_general_reference_sources_and.html.csp eReviews: General Reference Sources and Short Takes]. 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.