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reference library

noun

reference library

noun
1

A library that exclusively collects reference books (which may not be lent out to the general public).

  • The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

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