help to improve it or discuss the issue on the talk page . march 2016 for the wikipedia partnership with credo see wikipedia credo accounts . for other uses of credo see credo disambiguation . credo type private industry reference database services headquarters 201 south street 4th floor boston massachusetts united states key people chief executive officer mike sweet products credo general reference credo publisher collections information literacy course module literati website corp.credoreference.com 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 . 1 founded in 1999 credo reference provides full text online versions of about 1200 published reference works from more than 70 publishers in a variety of major subjects . 2 these include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias . 3 the company s customers are libraries library systems k 12 schools and universities which subscribe to the service for their patrons use . 4 in 2010 a review of general reference sources by library journal focused on credo reference and three similar services . 5 the review noted credo reference s internal linking within the site from one reference work to another . contents 1 history 2 references 3 further reading 4 external links history edit the company was founded as xrefer in 1999 . xrefer initially provided free access to several dozen reference works . 6 in 2002 b la hatvany founder of computer library services clsi and silverplatter invested in xrefer and funded the company s transition to becoming an online reference database product for libraries . 2 7 the company established an office in boston ma usa which would later become its headquarters . 8 the name credo reference was adopted in june 2007 ; the company also moved its england office from london to oxford in that year . references edit swoger bonnie . ereviews literati by credo . library journal . 2012 05 15 . accessed 2014 11 10 . a b brynko barbara . sweet the rise of credo reference . information today . 2011 06 16 . accessed 2011 06 16 . archived by webcite at http www.webcitation.org 5ztywk1pt jack o gorman 2008 reference sources for small and medium sized libraries 7th ed . p. 11 isbn 978 0 8389 0943 0 sheret l. 2013 . literati by credo . the charleston advisor 14 3 20 25 . http mds.marshall.edu lib faculty 33 . accessed 2014 12 02 golderman gail ; connolly bruce . ereviews general reference sources and short takes . libraryjournal.com . 2011 06 15 . accessed 2011 06 15 . archived by webcite at http www.webcitation.org 5ztst1row xrefer s front page as of august 17 2000 via archive.org . murphy j. 2009 . reference tool helps organise scholarly resources . research information . april may 2009 . http www.researchinformation.info features feature.php feature id 215 witte s. & cargill m. 2008 . selected reference works 2007 081 . college & research libraries 69 5 459 475 . http crl.acrl.org content 69 5 459 . short further reading edit golderman gail ; connolly bruce . ereviews general reference sources and short takes library journal.com oct 15 2010 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title credo reference & oldid 709221321 categories internet companies of the united statesinternet companies of the united kingdomcommercial digital libraries1999 establishments in massachusettsinternet encyclopediashidden categories articles to be expanded from march 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal deutschespa ol simple english edit links this page was last modified on 9 march 2016 at 20 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view