Credo Reference

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Credo Reference is an online reference library of over 150 full text reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations, as well as subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law. Credo Reference provides cross-references between reference books to help locate relevant information. Below is a listing of some the full text books available arranged by topic. New books are added frequently.

Art
A Biographical Dictionary of Artists, Andromeda
The Bloomsbury Guide to Art
The Bridgeman Art Library Archive
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers
The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism

Bilinguals
Business French Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing
Business German Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing
Business Spanish Dictionary, Peter Collin Publishing
Collins French Dictionary
Collins German Dictionary
Collins Italian Dictionary
Collins Latin Dictionary
Collins Portuguese Dictionary
Collins Spanish Dictionary
Dictionary of Spanish Law, Peter Collin Publishing

Biography
Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage
Debrett's People of Today
The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women
Who's Who 2003, A&C Black

Business
Collins Dictionary of Business
Collins Dictionary of Economics
Dictionary of Business, Peter Collin Publishing
Dictionary of Economics, Wiley
Dictionary of Hotels, Tourism and Catering Management, Peter Collin Publishing
Dictionary of Human Resources & Personnel Management, Peter Collin Publishing
Dictionary of Library and Information Management, Peter Collin Publishing
Dictionary of Printing and Publishing, Peter Collin Publishing
The Penguin Business Dictionary
The Penguin Dictionary of Economics
The Penguin International Dictionary of Finance
The Ultimate Business Library, Wiley
Wall Street Words

Dictionaries
Bloomsbury Thesaurus
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
The American Heritage® Concise Dictionary
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
The Penguin English Dictionary

Encyclopedias
Crystal Reference Encyclopedia
Philip's Encyclopedia
The Columbia Encyclopedia
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia, Helicon
The Macmillan Encyclopedia

Food
Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology
International Dictionary of Food and Cooking, Peter Collin Publishing

Geography
CIA World Factbook
Penguin Encyclopedia of Places
Philip's World Geo-Factbook
The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer
The Dictionary of Human Geography
The Dictionary of Physical Geography
The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography

History
A Dictionary of Contemporary History - 1945 to the present
Andromeda Encyclopedic Dictionary of World History
Concise Atlas of World History, Andromeda
Dictionary of British History
The Companion to British History, Routledge
The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance
The Great American History Fact-Finder
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge
Who's Who in The Roman World, Routledge

Language
A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, Millennium Edition
Dictionary of Eponyms, Manser
Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk
Rawson's Wicked Words
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms
The Bloomsbury Good Word Guide
The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
The Devil's Dictionary
The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary

Law
Collins Dictionary of Law
Dictionary of Conflict Resolution, Wiley
Dictionary of Law, Peter Collin Publishing
Encyclopedia of the European Union
Eurojargon
World of Criminal Justice, Gale

Literature
Dictionary of Shakespeare, Peter Collin Publishing
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story

Medicine
Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary
Black's Medical Dictionary
Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing
Collins Dictionary of Medicine
Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
Dictionary of Medicine, Peter Collin Publishing
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
International Dictionary of Homeopathy
Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology
Mosby's Dental Dictionary
Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements
Mosby's Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Dictionary
Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients
Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary
The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia
The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines
Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary

Music
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
The Penguin Dictionary of Music

Philosophy & Psychology
A Dictionary of Philosophy, Macmillan
Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology

Quotations
Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations
Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations
Collins Concise Dictionary of Quotations
Rawson's Dictionary of American Quotations
Respectfully Quoted
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations

Religion
Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson
Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend, Thames & Hudson
Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible
The Holy Bible, King James Version, Cambridge University Press
The Qur'an
Who's Who in Christianity, Routledge
Who's Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge
Who's Who in the New Testament, Routledge
Who's Who in the Old Testament, Routledge

Science
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Collins Dictionary of Astronomy
Collins Dictionary of Biology
Dictionary of Astronomy, Peter Collin Publishing
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology, Wiley
Illustrated Dictionary of Science, Andromeda
The New Penguin Dictionary of Science
The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
The Penguin Dictionary of Physics

Social Sciences
Collins Dictionary of Sociology
Dictionary of Government and Politics, Peter Collin Publishing
Penguin Dictionary of Sociology
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management, Blackwell Science
U.S. Census 2000 State & County Statistical QuickFacts
World of Sociology, Gale

Technology
Collins Dictionary of Computing
Compact American Dictionary of Computer Words
Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations, Wiley
Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann
Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users
Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet, Peter Collin Publishing
Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications, Focal Press
Hargrave's Communications Dictionary, Wiley
Newnes Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes
Webster's New World™ Computer Dictionary

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