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Credo Releases 19 New and Updated Collections

September 5, 2013

Librarian-Curated Packages, including all-video Intelecom Intelligent Telecommunications Collection, offer Multiple Purchasing Options to Enhance Credo’s Information Skills Solutions

BOSTON and OXFORD, England, Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, has launched 19 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections, adding to the more than 80 collections currently available for perpetual purchase or subscription.

Credo’s new collections help librarians grow their reference shelves through their Literati or Credo Online Reference Service solutions. The newly released collections include:

    --  Intelecom Intelligent Telecommunications: The first all-video Credo
        collection that offers multidisciplinary coverage, this collection
        features 12 richly descriptive visual reference sources that cover a
        variety of major subjects, such as Sociology, History, Psychology and
        Health.
    --  Anthropology Collection: This multi-publisher collection features 40
        titles that address key areas of study within the Anthropology
        discipline, including Archaeology, Biological Anthropology and
        Ethnography among others. With two CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles
        award winners, one Library Journal award winner and four Resources for
        College Libraries selections, this collection is well-represented with
        top-tier content.
    --  Sociology Collection: This collection compiles 39 compelling reference
        titles covering a range of key topics within the Sociology discipline,
        including Social Change, Social Psychology, Social Work, Race &
        Ethnicity and Urban Sociology. With one Outstanding Academic Titles
        winner, one RUSA winner and three Resources for College Libraries
        recommendations, the collection offers appealing, highly vetted content.

Credo has also released updates to 15 existing Subject and Publisher Collections, including the Criminal Justice Collection, the Psychology Collection, the Nursing and Allied Health Collection and the Gender and Women’s Studies Collection.

“Credo focuses on developing solutions that are customized to fit each library’s evolving needs as well as the foundational need to provide access to scholarly reference content,” said Mike Sweet, CEO of Credo. “By releasing new collections on a regular basis, we’re helping librarians innovate reference and users gain information skills while meeting their real-time research needs.”

About Credo A 2013 SIIA CODiE Award winner, Credo believes that everyone deserves the ability to learn and the opportunity to succeed.

To help people achieve their academic, professional and personal goals, Credo partners with libraries, educators, publishers and technology providers to deliver solutions for developing information skills. Founded in 1999, Credo has offices in Boston and the UK. For additional information about Credo and its Literati solutions please visit http://corp.credoreference.com.

CONTACT:

Mary Kay Jezzini, +1-212-352-1404

Lynn Brainard, +1-714-771-4397

publicity@credoreference.com

SOURCE Credo


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