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A reference work is a non-fiction work, such as a paper, book or periodical (or their electronic equivalents), to which one can refer for information....

meanings of reference described in this article. Another sense is "consult"; this is reflected in such expressions as reference work, reference desk, job...

admission, etc. Reference design, in engineering Reference desk, in a library Reference question, a concept in Canadian public law Reference work, a dictionary...

needs. Reference work often but not always involves using reference works, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. This form of reference work expands...

[citation needed] Self-reference occurs in literature and film when an author refers to his or her own work in the context of the work itself. Examples include...

from one reference work to another. The company was founded as Xrefer in 1999. Xrefer initially provided free access to several dozen reference works. In...

encyclopedia, Home and School Reference Work, was published in 1913 in 6 volumes under the imprint of the Dixon and Rucker Company. The work was considered poor...

Sports Reference, LLC is an American company which operates several sports-related websites, including Sports-Reference.com, Baseball Reference for baseball...

frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system whose origin, orientation, and scale are specified by a set of reference points―geometric...

A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference. The term originally applied to...

"invented") status of the work" as well as "the fact that media-related phenomena are at issue, rather than (hetero-)references to the world outside the...

A reference interview is a conversation between a librarian and a library user, usually at a reference desk, in which the librarian responds to the user's...

Look up cross-reference in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term cross-reference (abbreviation: xref) can refer to either: An instance within a document...

language, a reference is a simple reference datatype that is less powerful but safer than the pointer type inherited from C. The name C++ reference may cause...

to Reference, published in 2008 as the online successor to Guide to Reference Books, was a selective guide to the best print and online reference sources...

or recommendation letter, also known as a letter of reference, reference letter, or simply reference, is a document in which the writer assesses the qualities...

between sense and reference was an idea of the German philosopher and mathematician Gottlob Frege in 1892 (in his paper "On Sense and Reference"; German: "Über...

Linear referencing, also called linear reference system or linear referencing system (LRS), is a method of spatial referencing in engineering and construction...

slanted line (/) and the second with double lines (//). For most work, the datum references of the workpiece need to be square. If necessary they may be cut...

Not safe for work (NSFW) is Internet slang or shorthand used to mark links to content, videos, or website pages the viewer may not wish to be seen viewing...