information β knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
instructions β the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
catalog β A catalog is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
clue β A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
directory β a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
guidebook β a book of directions, advice, and information, especially for travelers or tourists.
handbook β a book of instruction or guidance, as for an occupation; manual: a handbook of radio.
key β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
manual β done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
bible β The Bible is the holy book on which the Jewish and Christian religions are based.
beacon β A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
bellwether β If you describe something as a bellwether, you mean that it is an indication of the way a situation is changing.
compendium β A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
landmark β a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
print β to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.
signal β anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
signpost β a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
telltale β a person who heedlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters; tattler; talebearer.
chapter and verse β If you say that someone gives you chapter and verse on a particular subject, you are emphasizing that they tell you every detail about it.
vade mecum β something a person carries about for frequent or regular use.
map β Walter, c1140β1209? Welsh ecclesiastic, poet, and satirist.
reference book β a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.
field guide β a portable illustrated book to help identify birds, plants, rocks, etc., as on a nature walk.
road map β a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another.
text β the main body of matter in a manuscript, book, newspaper, etc., as distinguished from notes, appendixes, headings, illustrations, etc.
textbook β a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
fundamentals β serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
cookbook β A cookbook is a book that contains recipes for preparing food.
