field guide

American  

noun

1. a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.

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Example Sentences

He seems to have taken it not as a critique but as a field guide to the clientele he sought; he reread the book regularly throughout his life.

From The Wall Street Journal

This can be helped by foraging with field guide to confirm species and avoid confusion, the Woodland Trust says.

From BBC

I found much-needed wisdom in essay collections, in workbooks for children, even in a “field guide” by an environmental humanist who has spent years unpacking these feelings with her students.

From Los Angeles Times

Now she’s well past the field guide and working on her master’s thesis.

From Seattle Times

“Tortured Poets Department” is packed with new poets to read, bands to discover and weird vacation towns to visit, and here’s a brief field guide to the best of them.

From Los Angeles Times