Online reference library Credo Reference has announced that its premier subscription offering, Credo General Reference Premium (formerly Credo Unlimited), now includes 505 titles and will offer 525 by the end of 2010. Over the last three years, Credo General Reference has significantly expanded its acclaimed content. Ten new publishers have been added to Credo General Reference in the last year and customers will continue to see this list of publishers expand.
Led by Credo Reference's President, John Dove, the content acquisition process for Credo offerings draws on significant input from librarians themselves. Inputs that influence the selection of titles include suggestions from customers and prospective customers; recommendations from editorial experts hired to evaluate titles, publishers and subject areas; analysis of awards from US and UK library press and associations; and consideration of reviews from Choice, Booklist, RCL, ARBA and ALA's Guide to Reference.
For higher education Credo is emphasising 15 key subject areas which represent the core subjects in undergraduate education that have the highest need for subject encyclopaedias. Over the past two years, Credo General Reference has expanded its coverage of subjects by adding in-depth subject encyclopaedias in Biology, Business, Economics, Education, Engineering, English Composition/Communications/Journalism, Environmental Studies, History, International Relations/Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology/Anthropology, among others.
Credo Reference is also expanding content for community colleges in the US and further education colleges in the UK as well as public and school libraries worldwide.
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