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
It is the most complete publication of its kind, and makes an admirable introduction to the study of birds and the literature of Ornithology and at the same time is an authoritative work of reference.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
Even to this day it is a valuable work of reference, containing as it does a vast amount of practical information and forming an invaluable source of agricultural history.
From History of Farming in Ontario by C. C. (Charles Canniff) James
As a work of reference it is without a peer.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
‘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 Florence A. Thomas Marshall
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