Kearney Public Library patrons now have access to new online resources including CREDO Reference, the Oxford English Dictionary, and multiple language dictionaries through Oxford Dictionaries. Free access is available to these resources in the library or remotely using a Kearney Public Library card.
Credo Reference: Complete Core helps patrons of all backgrounds and skill levels locate the information they need. Students gathering sources for an assignment, lifelong learners investigating their passions, and individuals looking for context around the events shaping the headlines will all find answers with this easy-to-use database. With hundreds of searchable, full-text titles from the world’s foremost publishers, Credo Reference: Complete Core covers every major subject.
Researchers will find authoritative titles across a wide range of subjects, including art, history, careers, business, technology, psychology, and health. Appropriate for users of all types and ages, this resource includes 3.5+ million entries from notable encyclopedias, guides, and handbooks, as well as 2,000+ instructional videos and 600,000+ contextual visual aids, images, maps, and photographs.
Explore over 1,000 years of the English language with the Oxford English Dictionary, an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over 500,000 words and phrases from across the English-speaking world. Discover changes in language over time, spelling variations, pronunciation models, etymology, regional origin, and more!
Oxford Dictionaries provides access to dictionaries in Spanish, French and German. With up-to-date online dictionaries, thesauruses, and language reference content based on the largest language research program in the world, Oxford Dictionaries Premium is an extensive integrated, smart-linked language resource. It includes audio pronunciations.
Visit www.kearneylib.org and click on “Research & Learning” and “Online Resources” for access. For more information, contact the Reference staff at 308-233-3256.