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 absolutely indispensable, as a work of reference, for any serious study of Greek history.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Within the last ten years the progress of discovery in every department of knowledge has made a new work of reference an imperative want.
From The Electoral Votes of 1876 Who Should Count Them, What Should Be Counted, and the Remedy for a Wrong Count by David Dudley Field
It is therefore invaluable as a work of reference for those who wish to study the subject of physiology exhaustively.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
His monograph is now our chief work of reference on Ischian earthquakes.
From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Charles Davison
