reference book
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The landmark legal reference book he edits, Black’s Law Dictionary, is as much a fixture of American courts as black robes, rosewood gavels and brass scales of justice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
Instead of becoming “a full-throated rebuke” to the internet-driven decline of the reference book, the project sputtered to a halt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
"Conversation over the supper table was always lively, our mother Mary very much held her own meanwhile David was ready with a reference book to look up something that was being disputed."
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
Excited delirium is not listed in the standard reference book of mental health conditions, nor does it have its own diagnostic code under a system used by health professionals to identify diseases and disorders.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023
The Music Makers, edited by Clive Unger-Hamilton, is an easy-to-read combination of history and reference book.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
