work of reference

Throughout, Mr Wallace’s lively style turns an invaluable work of reference into a gripping read.

Calling the statue "a work of reference in Brancusi's artistic life," Ciolos urged Romanians "to join us with their hearts and minds to decide whether this work should be accessible to the general public."

It is a remarkable work of reference.

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.

Encyclop�dia and similar works.—The proprietor or projector of an encyclop�dia or other similar permanent work of reference who employs some other person for valuable consideration in the composition of the whole or any part of the work shall be entitled to the copyright in the work in the same manner as if he were the author thereof.