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

But that is precisely the accolade bestowed upon it by the Miele Guide � a recently launched work of reference that aspires to be to Asia what the Michelin is to Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

The extent and variety of information which it presents, with the clearness of its practical directions, and its adaptation to American cultivation, will make it a standard work of reference with intelligent fruit growers.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 by Various

Bracton made his famous digest of the English common law for the use of judges and lawyers and it became a standard work of reference.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

A catalogue of the printed books in the Welsh department, which soon became a standard work of reference, was published in 1898, while a calendar of the Welsh MSS. was issued by the Historical MSS.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various