Federated search, or metasearch, is when a user enters a search term that goes out to several different databases; all those results then appear in the same place and users can navigate to them from there.
Credo currently works with the following metasearch vendors:
- 360 Search (Serials Solutions)
- Accessit
- Apollo (Biblionix)
- EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EBSCO)
- Encore Synergy (Innovative Interfaces/III)
- Explorit (Deep Web Technologies)
- Follett OneSearch
- Metalib (Ex Libris)
- Muse (MuseGlobal)
- Prism (Capita)
- Reference Universe (Paratext)
- Research Pro (Innovative Interfaces/III)
- SEARCHit (formerly AGent Search, Auto-Graphics)
More detailed information on the specifics of these relationships, including information on how to set up your Credo resources, is below. If you have questions or are using another metasearch service and would like to see Credo resources in your search results, please contact us!
360 Search (Serials Solutions)
- 360 Search can be configured to search Credo resources.
- To make your Credo results available in 360 Search search results, Credo will provide a Credo username and password associated with your account to Serials Solutions at your request.
Support for current 360 Search customers: http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/360-search/resources
Accessit
To set up your collection in Accessit, you'll need your Credo username and password, which can be obtained from support@credoreference.com. Email support for current Accessit customers at info@accessitlibrary.com.
Apollo (Biblionix)
You'll need your Credo username and password, which can be obtained from support@credoreference.com. Email support for current Biblionix customers at support@biblionix.com.
EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS)
- EHIS can be configured to search Credo resources.
- To make your Credo results available in EHIS search results, Credo will provide a unique IP address associated with your account to EBSCOhost at your request.
Support for current EHIS customers: http://support.ebsco.com/ehis/
Encore Synergy (Innovative Interfaces/III)
- Encore Synergy can be configured to search Credo resources.
- You can request that Credo results be made available in Encore search results directly from III.
- Please note: III uses screen scraping technology to harvest Credo resources, which, while supported, is more difficult to maintain since implementations will need to adjust their results processing as the Credo interface evolves over time.
Support for current Encore customers: http://encoreforlibraries.com/products/
Explorit (Deep Web Technologies)
- To make your Credo results available in Explorit search results, Credo will provide access for a unique Deep Web IP address associated with your account at your request.
Support for current Explorit customers: http://www.deepwebtech.com/company/resource-center/
Follett Destiny One Search
To make your Credo results available in Follett search results, you must enable Credo in Destiny One Search.
- In your One Search Admin, select Catalog > Search Setup > Enriched Content Searches.
- Click the edit icon next to One Search Database Information
- Click "Add Databases"
- Click "Add" next to Credo Reference
- Enter your Credo username and password. Credo will provide you with a new Credo username and password associated with your account upon request.
- Configure the database as desired
- Click save
Metalib (Ex Libris)
- MetaLib can be configured to search Credo entries.
- To make your Credo results available in MetaLib search results, Credo will provide a Credo username and password associated with your account to Ex Libris at your request.
Support for current MetaLib customers: http://www.customercenter.exlibrisgroup.com/_layouts/Netwise/ExlibrisLogin.aspx
Muse (MuseGlobal)
- Muse can be configured to search Credo resources.
Prism (Capita)
- Prism can be configured to search Credo resources.
Support for current Prism customers: http://www.capita-libraries.co.uk/services/
Reference Universe (Paratext)
- Reference Universe can be configured to search Credo resources.
Support for current Reference Universe customers: http://paratextsupport.com/
Research Pro (Innovative Interfaces/III)
- Research Pro can be configured to search Credo resources.
- To make your Credo results available in Research Pro search results, Credo can provide access for a unique Research Pro IP address associated with your account at your request.
- Please note: III primarily uses screen scraping technology to harvest Credo resources, which, while supported, is more difficult to maintain since implementations will need to adjust their results processing as the Credo interface evolves over time.
Support for current Research Pro customers: http://www.iii.com/products/research_pro.shtml
SEARCHit (Auto-Graphics)
- SEARCHit can be configured to search Credo resources.
- To make your Credo results available in SEARCHit, Credo will provide a Credo username and password associated with your account to Auto-Graphics at your request.
Support for current SEARCHit customers: http://www4.auto-graphics.com/web_customercare/customercare.asp