Presented by Lisa Hill, Credo This hour long demonstration will offer an overview of the e-reference content, Topic Pages, tools and search functionalities within Literati -- which is available to all LOUIS institutions. After examining the ways in which your library users can conduct research on the Literati platform, we'll share our ideas and best practices to increase Literati usage overall within your community. We've made enhancements and updates to the platform in the last year (including responsive design for mobile users), so be sure to join us for a look at what's new!

1. LITERATI
BEST PRACTICE FOR HIGH USAGE

2. WHAT IS WHAT IS LITERATI?
A hyper-customizable platform housing your Credo Reference
content & Topic Pages – allowing for embedded instructional,
promotional and communication tools. Start your research here.

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REFERENCE CONTENT
Multi-Publisher
General Reference
Multiple Subjects
Images & Multimedia
All with full citations

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SOME OF OUR 90+ PUBLISHERS…
Multi-Publisher Content
Your Credo title list is made up of
reference e-books from these trusted
publishers and many more

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FOUNDATIONAL GENERAL REFERENCE
Dozens of basic general knowledge
ready reference titles including English
dictionaries, thesauri, quote books,
writing reference, bilinguals and basic
general reference encyclopedias lay a
solid foundation for any basic query.

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SUBJECT SPECIFIC REFERENCE
Search millions of reference
entries from your 600+ e-
books in every major subject
area.
Here are just a few!

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PLATFORM &
TECHNOLOGY
Topic Pages
My Literati
Image Search
Audio & Translation
Tools
Mind Map

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TOPIC PAGES
Start Research Here!
Topic Pages bring
together the basic facts
and overview articles on
one topic from Literati –
and also include other
articles that are provided
by your Library
With nearly 10,000 Topic
Pages, Literati can guide
a student toward helpful
content no matter what
they are studying – no
matter where they are
studying.

9. DOORWAYS TO OTHER LIBRARY DATABASES
Ask our support team to link up
to your other library resources.

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IMAGE SEARCHING
Credo’s titles contain hundreds of thousands
of images, all in entries with full citations. Use
images in class work, projects or print out as
posters in the library.

11. MY LITERATI
Create a My Literati account
1. Bookmark books or Topic Pages to
relevant to you indefinitely – access
from home or at school with a library
card!
2. Login at any time, from anywhere, to
find the content that will support your
information needs right at your
fingertips without needing to sift
through other content

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TRANSLATION & TEXT TO SPEECH & PRINT TO PDF
Text to Speech on Every Entry & Topic Page!
• Listen to the whole article
• Highlight specific passages
• Download the MP3 for later
Translate any Entry & Topic Page Article!
• Choose up sixty languages
• Print translated passages
• Powered by Google Translate
Print article to PDF

13. TOOLS
Define:
• Searches all of Credo’s
Dictionaries
Person:
• Searches the full text of all of our
biographical entries
Images:
• Searches all of Credo’s 300,000
images in one search box
Pronunciations:
• Searches all of Credo’s 200,000
Audio files
Crossword Solver:
• Solve a Crossword
• Enter ‘?’ for the letter you are missing in
your word.
• Also helps with anagrams and beating
your friends in Words with Friends
Quotations:
• Searches all of our Quote books
Holidays & Festivals:
• Searches our “Holidays & Festivals of the
World” title. (See next Slide)

14. MIND MAP
• Build context
• Build vocabulary
• See relationships between
ideas
• Narrow your focus
• Expand your focus
• Brainstorm a concept
A fantastic way to introduce Literati to new users!

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USAGE TOOLS
Discovery
LibGuides
MARC Records
Usage Toolbox

16. DISCOVERY
A fantastic way to introduce Literati to new users!
 EDS (EBSCO Discovery Service)
 What is Indexed? ENTRIES ONLY (no Topic Pages)
 Added functionality? YES – Credo Widget on right rail
 Notes: Topic Pages display in widget, but are not indexed for results page
 Primo (Ex Libris)
 What is Indexed? ENTRIES & TOPIC PAGES
 Added Functionality? NO
 Summon (Proquest)
 What is Indexed? ENTRIES ONLY (no Topic Pages)
 Added Functionality? YES (“Topic Finder”)
 Notes: “Topic Finder” is a feature named by Summon – this does not mean
you will see Credo’s Topic Pages. There are no Credo Topic Pages on
Summon.
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 WorldCat Discovery (OCLC)
 What is Indexed? ENTRIES ONLY (no Topic Pages)
 Added Functionality? NO
 Notes: WorldCat Local can be set up as TP target
 To set up, contact support@credoreference.com

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• Credo Articles are
indexed
• Credo can be
activated in Topic Finder

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• EDS
• Credo Entries are indexed
• Credo Widget can be enabled

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• Credo Articles &
Topic Pages Indexed
• Refine search to
Topic Pages Only

20. LIBGUIDES
A fantastic way to introduce Literati to new users!
Integrate our content into your LibGuides!
Credo Reference customers:
http://credoreference.libguides.com
LibGuides flooded with our Content!
•We have created these guides with the sole purpose
of having our customers copy them, link to them or edit
them in any way they see fit.
•Bring our content to your users eyes quickly, and share
not only Credo’s content, but also all the content that
you are linking to through Credo with our LibGuides
Integration

21. MARC RECORDS
Credo offers free MARC Records
1. Login to Librarian Admin
2. Select MARC Records Tab
3. Click box next to individual
titles or click “Select All”
4. Click ‘Download’
Click to watch this handy
2 minute how-to video

22. CREDO’S USAGE TOOLBOX
toolbox.credoreference.com
Find tools to market and educate
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your colleagues, faculty and library
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users about what Credo offers!

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THANK YOU!