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Handbooks and Manuals

HANDBOOKS are summary overviews of an extremely broad subject. They are often similar to textbooks.

To find handbooks in the library catalog do a keyword search combining a broad subject with the word handbook.
This search works best if you truncate the word handbook$

Examples:

music and handbook$

anthropology and handbook$

To find manuals in the library catalog do a keyword search combining a broad subject with the word manual.
This search works best if you truncate the word manual$

Examples:

grants and manual$

writing and manual$

          

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