Definition of Reference book

1. Noun. A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts. "He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"


Definition of Reference book

1. Noun. A book providing factual information. ¹

2. Noun. (context: libraries) such a book that may not be borrowed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reference Book

refence
refenced
refences
refencing
refer
referable
referable(p)
refered
referee
refereed
refereeing
referees
referencable
reference
reference book
reference books
reference data
reference electrode
reference frame
reference grid
reference implementation
reference list
reference manual
reference method
reference point
reference points
reference standards
reference system
reference to

Literary usage of Reference book

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Library Economy by James Duff Brown, William Charles Berwick Sayers (1920)
"Date APPLICATION FOB BORROWING A reference book FOR HOME READING. [See Special Notice inside ... Application for Loan of reference book (Section 417). ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"The question might be asked: what is the use of a reference book under these ... Another most important effect of changing the reference book from year to ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"This number becomes an important reference book for book-trade facts for many months to come. In February comes the Traveler's Number, emphasizing as it ..."

4. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1917)
"American handbook for electrical engineers; a reference book for practicing engineers and students of engineering, comp, by a staff of specialists. ..."

5. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"The compiling of the reference book naturally consumed far more time than would have been necessary under normal conditions, as the author was compelled to ..."

6. Michael Heilprin and His Sons: A Biography by Gustav Pollak (1912)
"The compiling of the reference book naturally consumed far more time than would have been necessary under normal conditions, as the author was compelled to ..."

7. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American Library Association (1917)
"American handbook for electrical engineers; a reference book for practicing engineers and students of engineering, сотр. by a staff of specialists. ..."

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