reference works

Cultural  

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

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reference works

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

General reference works provide background information and basic facts about a topic.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Only a range of reference works can ensure “multiple sources of information, multiple ways of organizing the world, multiple points of view.”

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

Another source for this knowledge of instrument making was probably the reference works on the subject that had been published in England and in France.

From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Silvio A. Bedini