Reference Sources: Other Types

• What are other types of reference sources?
• Examples of Thesauri
• Examples of Biographies
• Examples of Guides
• Examples of Chronologies
• Examples of Handbooks
• Miscellaneous Examples

Other types of reference sources include, but are not limited to,

• Directories - A listing of contact information, e.g. a phone book
• Digests - a summarized collection of works
• Concordances - A listing of words used by an author in their work and what these words mean
• Thesauri - Essentially a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms
• Biographies - Stories about people's lives and work they've done
• Guides
• Chronologies - A listing of historical events in the order they happened
• Handbooks - Usually contains information about policies and procedures, or even instructions for a machine.
• Miscellaneous examples

Check out some examples below!