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A work containing information on all subjects, or limited to a special field or subject, arranged in systematic (usually alphabetical), order.

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a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty

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a collection of books that contain information about many topics

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an example of a non fiction book

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A book or numbered set of books containing authoritative summary information on a variety of topics in the form of short essays, usually arranged alphabetically. Encyclopaedias are for reference only and carry the prefix R in the Call Number.

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