Credo: Giving Wings to Your Research
Credo, formerly known as Literati, is an online reference service that provides the perfect starting point for any researcher. Credo’s system is easy to navigate and learning how to use it is fast and simple. The Campbell County Public Library System, through the Library of Virginia, has access to over 1,000 encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and documents from over 100 publishers of reference content – and all of this content is accessible and searchable to you in a search box through Credo! All content is full text and includes a full citation, ensuring that you are getting reliable resources. Content is fitting to anyone from age nine all the way to adulthood.
With the Credo Online Reference Service, you can find many sources; from books used to help kids with homework, to articles that can be used to fact check your research. The credibility of the resources and publishers partnered with Credo make it the perfect place to build background information for those beginning research.
You can also treat Credo like a bookshelf. It has over 1,000 references that are updated automatically to save you the hassle of finding the latest edition. Credo is very simple to navigate: it’s homepage offers topic pages that go directly to articles relating to a certain topic. If your topic can not be found within the topic pages, Credo’s search bar offers options such as basic search, image search, and title search to help you narrow down your options within the four-million full text articles they provide. The service offers “Mind Map” which is a visual search tool, and standard tools like saving, sharing, and downloading.
Along with all of these resources, Credo offers an amazing service called “Homework Help”. Homework Help is accessible through the Credo website and serves as an after school tutoring service from state certified teachers. It is offered Mondays through Thursdays from 3 PM to 9 PM. With this service, any child from 3rd grade to 12th grade may receive help with math, reading, writing, science, and even SAT preparation. Summer Hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm.
The Credo Online Reference Service is located here. With Credo, researching is made simple with millions of organized credible sources at your fingertips. The Campbell County Public Library System encourages you to give wings to your research with this wonderful and easy to use resource. Happy researching!
