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Definition of Reference work
1. Noun. A book to which you can refer for authoritative facts. "He contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic"
Generic synonyms: Book
Specialized synonyms: Cookbook, Cookery Book, Instruction Book, Source Book, Wordbook, Enchiridion, Handbook, Vade Mecum, Directory, Annual, Yearbook, Yearly, Atlas, Book Of Maps, Map Collection, Cyclopaedia, Cyclopedia, Encyclopaedia, Encyclopedia
Derivative terms: Refer
Definition of Reference work
1. Noun. A compendium of information, which is not intended to be read from beginning to end, and is compiled for ease of reference. Examples include encyclopedias and dictionaries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reference Work
Literary usage of Reference work
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"It is not a broad survey of reference work in many libraries, but treats chiefly
reference work as developed in Harvard University Library and the Brooklyn ..."
2. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1917)
"The following books arc also useful: LEGISLATIVE reference work Kaiser, John
Boynton. Law, legislative and municipal reference libraries; an introductory ..."
3. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1908)
"Briggs, Walter B. reference work in public and in college libraries. Lib.
j.: 492-495. ... А В С of reference work. (In National education association. ..."
4. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the (1898)
"Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md.: Your National Cyclopedia of American Biography
is in dally use here, and we find it very convenient in reference work. ..."
5. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books: A Manual for Librarians by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association (1902)
"reference work in the Armour institute library class. P. 1. ... List of reference
books used in the course in reference work in the New York state library ..."
6. The Practical Use of Books and Libraries: An Elementary Manual by Gilbert Oakley Ward (1916)
"... Chapter VII reference work: Working Bibliographies, Notes, Debating 173.
reference work. — In reference work of any kind, ..."
7. The Practical Use of Books and Libraries: An Elementary Manual by Gilbert Oakley Ward (1917)
"reference work. — In reference work of any kind, whether it be the looking up of
a particular point or the exhaustive study of some 'subject, ..."
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