Reference Books

Reference books provide clear, factual information that is great for researchers of all levels. Do you need an overview of a topic? Perhaps background information on a famous person or event? Another great use of reference materials is to get good keywords to use in your future database searches. For these reasons and more reference books like encyclopedias and dictionaries are great tools in your researcher's toolbelt.

Online Resources

Credo Reference

Like Wikipedia but better! Provides online access to reference works such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and biographies published by different reliable presses. Access Credo Online