Just need a definition of a term? Or who said a particular quotation? Want to find facts about a specific location? Credo’s gadgets offer an alternate, quick way to access specific areas of our content.

Current gadgets include:

  • Define: look up a definition of any term or phrase in one of our dictionaries.
  • Person: find information on any person in Credo.
  • Location: look up a place in any of our geography titles. Find cities, towns, rivers, mountains, etc.
  • Crossword solver: need help solving that crossword puzzle or solving an anagram. Use a question mark (?) in place of unknown letters; to solve an anagram, enter all the letters in any order.
  • Conversions: convert one unit of measurement into another – from centimeters to inches, Celsius to Fahrenheit, miles per hour to kilometers per hour, and more. (This gadget isn’t implemented yet.)
  • Quotations: find out who said a specific quote or all the quotes on a specific topic. Enter a specific person to see all their memorable quotations. This gadget searches all of our quotation titles.
  • Holidays and festivals: need to know what happened on a specific day? Enter a date to see. Or, enter the name of a holiday to see when it takes places. All results come from the Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary.

How to use gadgets

  • To display, click on the gadgets link in the top navigation bar. A gadgets column will open on the right side of Credo.
  • Enter your search terms into the appropriate field and then hit the ‘enter’ key on your keyboard. Results will display in the main area of Credo.
  • Three gadgets are currently displayed by default: define, person and location.
  • To add additional gadgets, click the ‘+’ sign in the upper right of the gadget column. A window will display with the additional, available gadgets. Click on the name of a gadget and drag it into the right gadget column.
  • Want more flexibility about where you access the gadgets? Click on the ‘ˆ’ sign to open in a separate, floating window.
  • Click the ‘X’ to close the gadgets window or column. The Gadgets link will appear again in the top navigation bar.