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Reference Books

Books designed by the arrangement and treatment of their subject matter to be consulted for definite terms of information rather than to be read consecutively. Reference books include DICTIONARIES; ENCYCLOPEDIAS; ATLASES; etc. (From the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

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Books designed by the arrangement and treatment of their subject matter to be consulted for definite terms of information rather than to be read consecutively. Reference books include DICTIONARIES; ENCYCLOPEDIAS; ATLASES; etc. (From the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

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  • Book, Reference
  • Books, Reference
  • Reference Book

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  1. L01w.462w.500w.682w.192w.836w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reference Books. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012013. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012013
  2. Reference Books. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_work
  3. Reference Books. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13136