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Reference Universe now links to CQ Researcher and to CREDO Reference

Paratext announces that comprehensive links to CQ Researcher and complete links to titles in CREDO Reference are now online and accessible through the Reference Universe service. These are among the most heavily requested additions to the service.

Links to over 800 issues of CQ Researcher are now online in Reference Universe, offering in-depth coverage of key political and social issues, including health, international affairs, education, public policy, the environment, technology, and the United States.

In addition, over 2 million citations to 389 titles found in CREDO Reference are now also up-to-date within the Reference Universe service. 

Finally, additional titles from Gale's Virtual Reference Library from 2008-2009 are also being loaded into the system this month.

Reference Universe is an information service designed specifically to unlock a library's reference collection. Reference Universe brings together links to all major and minor electronic reference works, as well as the complete indexes to your library's printed subject encyclopedias, compendia, and handbooks. Reference Universe contains more than 25 million citations to nearly 40,000 electronic and print reference works. Reference Universe is the way to query print and e-reference simultaneously, and realize a return on the sizable investment you've made in your library's reference collection.

Paratext, established in 1993, publishes Reference Universe as well as online search products in government documents and history, serving the needs of scholars and librarians. Paratext is based in Austin, Texas.

Source: Paratext