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Reference book Referencework FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Publicationtowhichonecanreferforconfirmedfacts Thisarticleisaboutakindofpublication.Fortheworkthatlibrariansperformatalibraryreferencedesk,seeLibraryreferencedesk. TheBrockhausEnzyklopädie,thebest-knowntraditionalreferencebookinGerman-speakingcountries TheLexikondesMittelalters,aspecialisedGermanencyclopedia EncyclopædiaBritannica,15thedition:volumesofthePropedia(green),Micropedia(red),Macropedia(black),and2-volumeIndex(blue) Areferenceworkisawork,suchasabookorperiodical(ortheirelectronicequivalents),towhichonecanreferforinformation.[1]Theinformationisintendedtobefoundquicklywhenneeded.Suchworksareusuallyreferredtoforparticularpiecesofinformation,ratherthanreadbeginningtoend.Thewritingstyleusedintheseworksisinformative;theauthorsavoiduseofthefirstperson,andemphasizefacts. Indicesareacommonnavigationfeatureinmanytypesofreferenceworks.Manyreferenceworksarecompiledbyateamofcontributorswhoseworkiscoordinatedbyoneormoreeditors,ratherthanbyanindividualauthor.Updatededitionsareusuallypublishedasneeded,insomecasesannually(Whitaker'sAlmanack,Who'sWho). Referenceworksincludeencyclopedias,almanacs,atlases,bibliographies,biographicalsources,catalogssuchaslibrarycatalogsandartcatalogs,concordances,dictionaries,directoriessuchasbusinessdirectoriesandtelephonedirectories,discographies,filmographies,gazetteers,glossaries,handbooks,indicessuchasbibliographicindicesandcitationindices,manuals,researchguides,thesauruses,andyearbooks.[2]Manyreferenceworksareavailableinelectronicformandcanbeobtainedasreferencesoftware,CD-ROMs,DVDs,oronlinethroughtheInternet.Wikipedia,anonlineencyclopedia,isboththelargestandthemost-readreferenceworkinhistory.[3] Contents 1Referencebook 2Typesofreferencework 3Electronicresources 4References 5Furtherreading Referencebook[edit] Incontrasttobooksthatareloaned,areferencebookorreference-onlybookinalibraryisonethatmayonlybeusedinthelibraryandmaynotbeborrowedfromthelibrary.Manysuchbooksarereferenceworks(inthefirstsense),whichare,usually,usedbrieflyorphotocopiedfrom,andtherefore,donotneedtobeborrowed.[citationneeded]Keepingreferencebooksinthelibraryassuresthattheywillalwaysbeavailableforuseondemand.Somereference-onlybooksaretoovaluabletopermitborrowerstotakethemout.Reference-onlyitemsmaybeshelvedinareferencecollectionlocatedseparatelyfromcirculatingitems.Somelibrariesconsistentirely,ortoalargeextent,ofbookswhichmaynotbeborrowed. Typesofreferencework[edit] Thesearethemaintypesandcategoriesofreferencework: Abstractingjournal–apublishedsummaryofarticles,theses,reviews,conferenceproceedingsetc.arrangedsystematically Almanac–anannualpublicationlistingasetofcurrent,generalorspecific,informationaboutoneormultiplesubjects Annals–concisehistoricalrecordinwhicheventsarearrangedchronologically Atlas–acollectionofmapstraditionallybeenboundintobookform Bibliography–asystematiclistofbooksandotherworkssuchasjournalarticlesonagivensubjectorwhichsatisfyparticularcriteria Biographicaldictionary–anencyclopedicdictionarylimitedtobiographicalinformation BooksofQuotations–collectionsofquotationssatisfyingparticularcriteria,arrangedsystematically Chronicle/Chronology–ahistoricalaccountofeventsarrangedinchronologicalorder Compendium–aconcisecollectionofinformationpertainingtoabodyofknowledge Concordance–analphabeticallistoftheprincipalwordsusedinabookorbodyofwork Dictionary–alistofwordsfromoneormorelanguages,systematicallyarrangedandgivingmeaningsetymologiesetc. Digest–asummaryofinformationonaparticularsubject Directory–asystematicallyarrangedlistofnames,addresses,products,etc. Businessdirectory Telephonedirectory Webdirectory Encyclopaedia–acompendiumprovidingsummariesofknowledgeeitherfromallbranchesorfromaparticularfieldordiscipline Gazetteer–ageographicaldictionaryordirectoryusedtoprovidesystematicaccesstoamaporatlas Glossary–analphabeticallistoftermsinaparticulardomainofknowledgewiththedefinitionsforthoseterms Handbook–asmallorportablebookintendedtoprovidereadyreference Index–apublicationgivingsystematicaccesstoabodyofknowledge Lexicon–asynonymforadictionaryorencyclopaedicdictionary List–apublishedenumerationofasetofitems Manual–ahandbookprovidinginstructionsintheuseofaparticularproduct Phrasebook–acollectionofready-madephrases,arrangedsystematically,usuallyforaforeignlanguagetogetherwithatranslation Readyreckoner–aprintedbookortablecontainingpre-calculatedvalues Thematiccatalogue–anindexusedtoidentifymusicalcompositionsthroughthecitationoftheopeningnotes Thesaurus–areferenceworkforfindingsynonymsandsometimesantonymsofwords Timetable–apublishedlistofschedulesgivingtimesfortransportationorotherevents Yearbook–acompendiumcontainingeventsrelatingtoaspecificyear Electronicresources[edit] Anelectronicresourceisacomputerprogramordatathatisstoredelectronically,whichisusuallyfoundonacomputer,includinginformationthatisavailableontheInternet.[4]Librariesoffernumeroustypesofelectronicresourcesincludingelectronictextssuchaselectronicbooksandelectronicjournals,bibliographicdatabases,institutionalrepositories,websites,andsoftwareapplications.[4] References[edit] ^"Reference".TheMerriam-Webster.comDictionary.Merriam-WebsterInc.Retrieved29November2019. ^Reitz,JoanM.(10January2013)."Referencebook".OnlineDictionaryforLibraryandInformationScience.Retrieved29November2019. ^"Wikipediais20,anditsreputationhasneverbeenhigher".TheEconomist.9January2021.Retrieved31May2021. ^abReitz,JoanM.(10January2013)."Electronicresource".OnlineDictionaryforLibraryandInformationScience.Retrieved29November2019. Furtherreading[edit] General Higgens,Gavin,ed.(1984).PrintedReferenceMaterial.HandbooksonLibraryPractice(2ndrevised ed.).London:LibraryAssociation.ISBN 978-0853659952. Katz,WilliamA.(2001).IntroductiontoReferenceWork,Volume1:BasicInformationServices(8th ed.).NewYork:McGraw-Hill.ISBN 978-0072441079. Katz,WilliamA.(2001).IntroductiontoReferenceWork,Volume2:ReferenceServicesandReferenceProcesses(8th ed.).NewYork:McGraw-Hill.ISBN 978-0072441437. Lynch,Jack(2016).YouCouldLookItUp:TheReferenceShelfFromAncientBabylontoWikipedia.NewYork:BloomsburyPress.ISBN 978-0802777522. Guidestoreferenceworks Chenoweth,JunealM.,ed.(24June2019).AmericanReferenceBooksAnnual.SantaBarbara,California:LibrariesUnlimited.ISBN 978-1-4408-6913-6.Publishedannuallybeginningin1970. Heeks,Peggy(1968).BooksofReferenceforSchoolLibraries:AnAnnotatedList(2nd ed.).London:LibraryAssociation.ASIN B0006C36OO. Lester,Ray,ed.(2005).NewWalfordGuidetoReferenceResources,Volume1:Science,Technology,andMedicine.NewYork:Neal-SchumanPublishers.ISBN 978-1856044950. Lester,Ray;Clinch,Peter;Dawson,Heather;Edwards,Helen;Tarrant,Susan,eds.(2007).NewWalfordGuidetoReferenceResources,Volume2:SocialSciences.London:FacetPublishing.ISBN 978-1856044981. Lester,Ray,ed.(2015).NewWalfordGuidetoReferenceResources,Volume3:Arts,Humanities,andGeneralReference.London:FacetPublishing.ISBN 978-1856044998. Malclès,LouiseNoëlle(1950).Lessourcesdutravailbibliographique(inFrench).Geneva:LibrairieDroz. Sheehy,EugeneP.(1976).GuidetoReferenceBooks(9th ed.).Chicago:AmericanLibraryAssociation.ISBN 978-0838902059.OriginallycompiledbyAliceB.Kroegerforfirsttwoeditionsbeginningin1902.Subsequently,editedbyIsadoreGilbertMudge(3rdthrough6theditions)andConstanceMabelWinchell(7thand8theditions). Totok,Wilhelm;Weitzel,Rolf(1984–1985).HandbuchderbibliographischenNachschlagewerke(inGerman)(6th ed.).FrankfurtamMain:Klostermann.Firstpublishedin1954. Walford,A.J.,ed.(1980).Walford'sGuidetoReferenceMaterial,Volume1:ScienceandTechnology(4th ed.).London:LibraryAssociation.ISBN 9780853656111. Walford,A.J.;Taylor,L.J.,eds.(1987).Walford'sGuidetoReferenceMaterial,Volume2:Generalia,LanguageandLiterature,TheArts(4th ed.).London:LibraryAssociation. Walford,A.J.,ed.(1981).Walford'sConciseGuidetoReferenceMaterial.London:LibraryAssociation.(anabridgementofWalford'sGuide) vteLexicographyTypesofreferenceworks Dictionary Glossary Lexicon Phrasebook Thesaurus Typesofdictionaries Advancedlearner's Anagram Bilingual Biographical Conceptual Crossword Definingvocabulary Electronic Encyclopedic Etymological Explanatory Historical Idiom Language-for-specific-purposes Machine-readable Medical Monolinguallearner's Multi-field Picture Reverse Rhyming Rime Single-field Specialized Spellingdictionary Sub-field Visual Other Internationalscientificvocabulary Listoflexicographers Listofonlinedictionaries Linguisticsportal AuthoritycontrolNationallibraries Spain France(data) Germany Israel UnitedStates Japan Other NationalArchives(US) Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reference_work&oldid=1071607839" Categories:ReferenceworksHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataAllarticleswithunsourcedstatementsArticleswithunsourcedstatementsfromJanuary2022CS1French-languagesources(fr)CS1German-languagesources(de)ArticleswithBNEidentifiersArticleswithBNFidentifiersArticleswithGNDidentifiersArticleswithJ9UidentifiersArticleswithLCCNidentifiersArticleswithNDLidentifiersArticleswithNARAidentifiersUsedmydatesfromApril2017 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages AfrikaansAnarâškielâالعربيةБашҡортсаБеларускаяCatalàDeutschEestiEspañolEsperantoEuskaraفارسیFrançais한국어HrvatskiBahasaIndonesiaItalianoעבריתҚазақшаLietuviųМакедонскиBahasaMelayuNederlands日本語NorskbokmålNorsknynorskPlattdüütschPortuguêsРусскийSlovenčinaSuomiSvenskaไทยTürkçeУкраїнськаاردو中文 Editlinks