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Credo Reference database is a credible, academic alternative to Wikipedia and
an excellent starting point for research.
While this database does not contain articles from newspapers, magazines, and
academic journals, it does allow you to search the contents of over 600 reference
works at one time.
To begin, type in your keywords into the basic search box and then click SEARCH.
For this tutorial, we'll use the keyword "alcoholism".
This search retrieved over 2000 full-text results.
To narrow the search results, use the options in the left column.
The Subject option offers suggested categories related to your topic like
history or literature.
Click on the More button to view all available categories.
Underneathe Subject, you can limit to Entry Type including articles or biographies.
Media is listed next and includes images, audio, and maps which you can use for
academic projects as long as you provide attribution.
Publication date refers to the year the work was originally published.
Now let's take a look at our results.
topic and includes images and links for more information.
topic and includes images and links for more information.
The next results are entries from reference works.
Credo refers to these entries as articles.
The title of the article is displayed first followed by the title of the
reference work the article was first published in.
Below the title, you will find an excerpt from the article with highlighted search
terms.
To view the full-text of a result, click on the title.
The full-text of the article is displayed below.
On the left side of the article are links to related resources including results
found in other library databases, ebooks, and the library catalog.
Use the icons in the top right side of the entry to email,
save, and view a PDF of the article.
An example works cited or bibliographic entry is located at the bottom of the
article.
Compare this example with an official style guide for correct documentation.