reference works

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1. Books and other works that contain useful facts and information, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.

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His walls are lined with shelves of well-thumbed books, from his childhood comic collection to reference works on art and anthropology, Victoriana and zoology.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

This database provides curated topic pages that combine academic journal articles, primary sources, reference works, essays, news sources, multimedia, and biographies about people, events, places, and time periods.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Thus, in “Tell Me How You Organize Your Books” he describes his study and the reference works he consults most often, starting with the Oxford Companion to English Literature and the Oxford Classical Dictionary.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2016

In fact, these reference works, with their careful attention to history, literature, and actual usage, are the most adamant debunkers of grammatical nonsense.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

For titles and publishers of reference works see General Bibliography at the end of this book.

From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph