Credo Reference Announces Availability of "Topic Pages"
If you're a Credo user the team in Boston have just formally released a new feature, Topic Pages. The company calls them, "the librarian's answer to Wikipedia."
Designed to provide contextualized, orderly access to authoritative content, each of the over 10,000 Credo Topic Pages is an all-in-one starting point that assembles topical material from many resources from within and outside the library. Librarians can choose which resources will be displayed on their customized version of Credo Topic Pages, helping their users gain:
+ Subject orientation
+ Context and vocabulary
+ Pathways to further exploration
Credo Topic Pages create value for libraries. Presenting and utilizing the library’s resources at the point of need, Topic Pages function as an “anytime” reference interview. Designed to drive additional traffic to the library from the open web, increase the usage and value of library resource investments, and bring together unconnected databases into one easy-to-use research gateway.
We checked a few pages on the Credo company site and we're unable to track down any screenshots that show what a Topic Page looks like. Perhaps the company will make a few available in the future.
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