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Reference books are any books to which you can refer for authoritative facts.

Common reference books :

Dictionary -- used for finding words in the human language and what they mean *example* "Endangered- the state of putting in danger"

Thesaurus -- used for finding other words to use for one word that means the same thing *example* "hurt: injured, depressd, emotional"

Encyclopedia - used for giving information on one word

*example* "heart -- The human heart is a pear-shaped structure about the size of a fist. It lies obliquely within the chest cavity just left of center, with the apex pointing downward. The heart is constructed of a special kind of muscle called myocardium or cardiac muscle, and is enclosed in a double-layered, membranous sac known as the pericardium."

Not a book :

The most used online encyclopedia is Wikipedia, which is valuable for fact verification.

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The Different Kinds Of General References Are :

1. Dictionaries

2. Encyclopedias

3. Thesaurus

4. Almanac

5. Atlas

These are only the ones I know... Glad I could help!! - Corz

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factual, general information on specific topics

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Thesaurus

Atlas

Dictionary

Almanac

Unabridged Dictionary

Relief Map

Encyclopedia

Style Manual

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news paper .encyclopedia , dictionary atlas,almanac

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