work of reference

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The accessibility and the miraculous compactness of this set are bound to be its huge selling point; as a handy work of reference, certainly, it's hard to fault.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2013

But that is precisely the accolade bestowed upon it by the Miele Guide � a recently launched work of reference that aspires to be to Asia what the Michelin is to Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘This literary chronicle of half a century must at once, or in course of a short time, take a place as a permanent work of reference.’

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

The "Circle of the Sciences" will thus, by the aid of copious Analytical Indices, combine all the advantages of an Encyclop�dia, as a work of reference, without the irksome repetition which alphabetical arrangements necessarily involve.

From Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Bell, George

The History of South Africa, by Mr G. McCall Theal, will remain a classic work of reference.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various