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MeSH Heading: Reference Books
Tree Number(s): L01.462.500.682.192.836
Unique ID: D012013
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012013
Annotation: IM
Scope Note: Books designed by the arrangement and treatment of their subject matter to be consulted for definite terms of information rather than to be read consecutively. Reference books include DICTIONARIES; ENCYCLOPEDIAS; ATLASES; etc. (From the ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)
See Also: Textbooks as Topic
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/07/12

Allowable Qualifiers: standards (ST)

Information Science [L01]
- Information Sources [L01.462]
  - Communications Media [L01.462.500]
    - Publications [L01.462.500.682]
      - Books [L01.462.500.682.192]
        
        Book Imprints [L01.462.500.682.192.122]
        
        Book Ornamentation [L01.462.500.682.192.178]
        
        Bookplates as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.234]
        
        Books, Illustrated [L01.462.500.682.192.289]
        
        Cookbooks as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.402]
        
        Fictional Works as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.459]
        
        Incunabula as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.515]
        
        Manuals as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.609]
        
        Rare Books [L01.462.500.682.192.779]
        
        Reference Books [L01.462.500.682.192.836]
        
        Almanacs as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.072]
        
        Atlases as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.147]
        
        Dictionaries as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.285]
        
        Directories as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.339]
        
        Dispensatories as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.390]
        
        Encyclopedias as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.456]
        
        Formularies as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.535]
        
        Herbals as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.642]
        
        Pharmacopoeias as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.836.749]
        
        Reference Books, Medical [L01.462.500.682.192.836.842]
        
        Textbooks as Topic [L01.462.500.682.192.900]

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