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Reference work: A collection of information that has been assembled or vetted by experts. [e]
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Parent topics
- Knowledge [r]: On one common account by philosophers, justified, true belief; often used in a looser way by everyone else to mean any truth or belief, and also a whole body of truth or a whole system of belief. [e]
- Publishing [r]: The process of production and dissemination of literature or information - the activity of making information available for public view. [e]
Subtopics
- Encyclopedia [r]: A point of reference for structured knowledge. [e]
- Print encyclopedia [r]: A structured collection of knowledge printed on paper. [e]
- Online encyclopedia [r]: An Internet-based structured collection of knowledge, inspired by the concept of traditional paper encyclopedias. [e]
- Dictionary [r]: Reference work containing words classed alphabetically and giving information about spelling, etymology and usage. [e]
- Monolingual dictionary [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Bilingual dictionary [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Multilingual dictionary [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lexicon [r]: Complete set of vocabulary units for a language, including information on their structural specifications (semantic, morphological, syntactic and phonological properties, plus how they inter-relate); also, the mental representation of this lexical knowledge and, in casual usage, a synonym for vocabulary. The word is also common in the titles of dictionaries of Arabic, Aramaic/Syriac, ancient Greek and Hebrew. [e]
- Textbook [r]: A reference work written for students of a specific subject, traditionally on paper and increasingly for online use. [e]
- Information [r]: Knowledge of specific events or situations that has been gathered or received by communication; intelligence or news. [e]
- Publishing house [r]: A company specialized in publishing, in print or online. [e]
- Open knowledge [r]: Knowledge that is publicly accessible, typically for free via the World Wide Web. [e]
- Open education [r]: A movement to provide free educational resources, typically via the World Wide Web. [e]
- Book [r]: A bound set of sheets containing written or printed materials, or space for such. [e]
- Library [r]: Collection of books and periodicals. [e]