January 10, 2012 -- Boston, Oxford. Credo Reference (www.credoreference.com), recently named "Best Overall" Reference Database 2012 by Library Journal, announces a new partnership with Swets, the world's leading information services company.
Under the agreement, SWETS will incorporate Credo Reference with over 1,500 reference works from more than 80 of the world's best reference publishers into the SwetsWise eBook catalog. Collections and titles are thoughtfully selected to offer broad coverage of subjects such as psychology, history, business, education, environmental studies and much more.
"SWETS clearly shares our philosophy that service is our best means of bringing value to our customers. This partnership allows us to offer libraries more choice in their procurement process, furthering our commitment to serving the needs of libraries," commented Carol Helton, VP Global Sales and Marketing for Credo. "We're very pleased with the alliance we've forged and are excited about the options it will allow us to offer our customers."
"Expanding SwetsWise to include content from Credo Reference offers our customers a single, user-friendly interface to acquire and manage both eBooks and journals, which is unique to the information industry," said Linda Vendryes, Global Business Development Manager at Swets. "The distribution agreement with Credo Reference clearly illustrates, once again, the quality of the content a library can purchase from the SwetsWise unique proposition we offer for one-stop eBook purchasing and showcases the potential, strength and overall value of our SwetsWise platform."
Credo Reference has been offering completely customizable, "best-in-class" reference collections for libraries since 2002. With its unique cross-referencing technology, Credo's General Reference service empowers librarians and effortlessly delivers authoritative answers to millions of researchers worldwide. Publisher and Subject Collections offer libraries deep reference content from highly-regarded publishers. Literati by Credo offers tools and services to improve Information Literacy. http://www.credoreference.com and http://corp.credoreference.com
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Swets is the global market leader in managing professional information. We develop and deliver innovating services that enable the use of knowledge to its full extent. From more than twenty offices around the world we actively serve clients and publishers in over 160 countries. Our active role in today's complex information marketplace has led E-Content Magazine to award us regularly in their annual "100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry." We are the only information agent to be ISO 9001:2008 certified on a global basis, which pays testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures. www.swets.com
