Academic Libraries	College and university libraries that tend to focus on collecting scholarly materials.  to the Academic and Public Libraries tutorial page
Almanacs	Almanacs are collections of miscellaneous facts, including statistical information.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Atlases	Atlases are primarily collections of maps used to convey information.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Biographical Sources	Biographical sources provide information about people's lives.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Books	A book consists of written or printed pages fastened together on one side and covered with a protective binding.   to the What is a Book? tutorial page
Call Numbers
Chronologies	Chronologies are lists of significant events and dates.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Compilations	A compilation contains the text or excerpts from a number of sources.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Dictionaries	Dictionaries provide information about the use, meaning, and history of words.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Directories	Directories provide address and telephone information about persons and organizations.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Encyclopedias	Encyclopedias provide overview and background information, including definitions, statistics, summary information, and bibliographic information.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
General Stacks	Materials which may be borrowed from the library.  to the Books tutorial page
Handbooks	Handbooks are collections of useful information, including statistics, definitions, formulas, instructions, about a field, discipline, or topic.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page
Holdings Information
Primary Sources
Public Libraries	Public libraries tend to focus on collecting popular resources appropriate a general audiences.  to the Academic and Public Libraries tutorial page
Reference Materials	Material that may be consulted in the library, but may not be borrowed from the library.  to the Books tutorial page
Secondary Sources
Statistical Sources	Statistical sources provide numbers and statistics.  to the Types of Reference Books tutorial page