Credo

  1. Connect to Credo via Oxlip+ (
  2. Use “Find a book” to find out which reference sources are available for your subject.
  3. Try out an advanced search on a topic of your choice.
  4. If you get too many results try restricting your search to headings only.
  5. Restrict your search to one or morereference books of your choice.
  6. Restrict your search to entries with images, maps or audio or to biographies.
  7. Use “Gadgets” to look up a definition or biography.

Or if you’d prefer to answer some questions:

  1. How many reference books are available on Credo for Medicine?
  2. How many results do you get if you run an unlimited search on Einstein?
  3. How many results do you get if you restrict your Einstein search to “entries with a biography” and if you “search only within headings”?
  4. Can you find a picture of Einstein on Credo?
  5. What is the population of the Saint Helena in the AscensionIslands?
  6. How do you pronounce “amyloidosis”?

Finding reference sources for your subject using Oxlip+

  1. Connect to Oxlip+ (
  2. Find out which reference sources are available for your subject (choose “Find Database” – “Subject”). If your subject does not have a dedicated sub-heading for “Reference”, choose “General” and scan through the list to find reference works.
  3. Find out more about one of the sources listed by clicking on the button.
  4. Connect to one of the sources listed and try out some searches
  5. Find out if it is possible to browse the source you selected as well as searching. If so, try browsing to find relevant information. Is this more or less effective than searching?

Finding reference sources for your subject using the Science Portal

  1. Connect to the Science Portal at
  2. Choose a subject of your choice from the home page, and navigate to reference sources.
  3. Connect to a reference source of your choice and try out some searches.
  4. Find out if it is possible to browse the source you chose. If so, try browsing to find useful information.

Using the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

  1. Run through the tutorial on the Encylopedia of Life Sciences at

Finding language dictionaries

  1. Connect to
  2. Use the tags on the right hand side to find resources on a language of your choice.
  3. Limit your results to dictionaries by choosing “dictionaries” from the list of related tags.

OxfordUniversity Library Services 15 February 2010