Using Basic Search

  1. Enter your search terms into the search box.
  2. Select whether to limit your search to a specific subject or to search across all subjects.
  3. Start your search by clicking the Search button.

Using Advanced Search

  1. Enter your search terms into the search box.
  2. Enter any other terms into the appropriate fields. You can choose to search for exact phrases, similar sounding words, and words to avoid.
  3. Choose the sort option for your search results. If no selection is made, the results will be sorted by relevance.
  4. Limit your search with the following options:
To limit your search to a specific subject Select one or more from the list. If no subjects are checked, the search will default to all subjects.
To limit your search to a specific type of book Select one or more from the list.
To limit to one or more books Select from the list of book titles.
To limit your search to a particular part of an entry Select which fields to search. Your options include heading, subheading and the body of the entry.
To limit your search to specific publication dates of our books Select one or more dates from the Publication Date list.
To limit your search to those that entries with particular characteristics Select one or more entry features. Your options include long entries with more than 1,000 words or entries that have images, audio, maps or videos.

5. Start your search by clicking the Search button.

Using Facets in Search Results

Credo Reference now includes faceted search results. You can choose to narrow or focus your search results by limiting the results to a number of facets.

Use the facets to narrow your results by:

  • Subject
  • Type of entry – those entries that include people, definitions, quotations or translations. Or narrow your results to only articles.
  • Media – those entries that have images, maps, videos or audio.
  • Person
  • Location
  • Publication date

The number of results that match each facet are indicated to the right of each term. Clicking on a term limits the results to that facet.