reference book

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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

The first winner was Dr Nira Chamberlain, the first black mathematician to be included in the British reference book Who's Who and a vice-president of the professional body, the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 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 reference book receives about 1,000 submissions a week from people looking to establish new records for human achievement and the extremes of the natural world.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2022

The book was so thick and hefty that I knew it was a reference book of some kind, a text, maybe even an encyclopedia.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly