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Noun: handbook  'hand,bûk
  1. A concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
    "the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook";
    - enchiridion, vade mecum

Derived forms: handbooks

Type of: book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work

Encyclopedia: Handbook