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reference work - a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"

book of facts, reference book, reference

book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"

cookbook, cookery book - a book of recipes and cooking directions

instruction book - a book of directions for using or operating some piece of equipment

source book - a collection of historically important documents published together as a book

wordbook - a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings)

enchiridion, handbook, vade mecum - a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location

directory - an alphabetical list of names and addresses

yearly, annual, yearbook - a reference book that is published regularly once every year

book of maps, map collection, atlas - a collection of maps in book form

cyclopaedia, cyclopedia, encyclopaedia, encyclopedia - a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

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Could I find my way back to the prospector with its priceless freight of books, firearms, ammunition, scien-tific instruments, and still more books--its great library of reference works upon every conceivable branch of ap-plied sciences?

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Focusing on contemporary, often still living composers, he grapples with issues of canon, content, and currentness in the only ongoing and continuously updated German reference work on music.

Referencing music in the twenty-first century: encyclopedias of the past, present, and future

With immediate effect Rieter is providing the entire multi-volume reference work with practical focus on the technology of short-staple spinning as a free download on its website.

The Rieter Manual of Spinning: Knowledge to download free of charge from the Rieter website

The reviews detail the strengths and weaknesses of each reference work in areas such as usefulness, organization, relevance, writing style, availability of supplementary materials, and similarity to other works and previous editions.

American reference books annual 2013 ed.; v.44

This is the first comprehensive reference work that focuses on the interaction between the United States and Latin America from the 1800s to the present.

Leonard, Thomas M., Ed. Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations

A core reference work that is strongly recommended for school, community, and academic library collections, "The Lincoln Library Of Essential Information" will also prove invaluable as a supplement for home schooling curriculum development, as well as a self-study and educational reference work for non-specialist general readers seeking to expand their minds and knowledge base.

The Reference Shelf

This book is a timely update to a milestone reference work that ensures its relevance and usefulness to every public health professional around the world.

Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (19th Edition)

These two volumes complete The Cambridge History of Christianity, a nine-volume reference work written by nearly 300 scholars, totaling over 6500 pages, and published between 2006 and 2009.

Thomas F. X. Noble and Julia M. H. Smith, eds.: Early Medieval Christianities, c. 600-c. 1100

The University of Arkansas Press and the Arkansas History Commission collaborated with the Secretary of State's office to update the reference work, which is a compendium of appointed and elected officials over the state's colonial and territorial periods as well as its 172-year history.

The latest issue of the Historical Report of the Secretary of State is now available either as a book or online