CREDO Reference is a collection of online reference books.
The CREDO Reference collection includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks across a variety of subjects.
Search over 1,000 book titles with 3 million+ full-text articles.
It is an excellent resource for locating background information to start your research.
Additional features include topic pages, images, and a Mind map for related topics.
Citations are available in APA, Chicago, Harvard and MLA formats.
Permalinks are available for all entries/articles.
Think of CREDO Reference as an academic version of Wikipedia.
Use Basic Searches in CREDO to Locate Information on a Field
Search CREDO strategically. This video highlights how to search for background information on the history of a discipline (e.g. developmental psychology, mathematics) using phrase searching and Boolean operators. (3:11)