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The Cambridge Factfinder
by Crystal
This is like many other such books. We happen to use this as one of our standards it usually has what we want. It covers the universe, earth (history, structure, atmosphere, climate, surface), environment, natural history, human beings, history, human geography (by country), to name a few headings. |
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Collins Gem Ready Reference
(Amazon.com.uk)
This is not the same title as the one we use in the office, (Collins Pocket Reference versus Gem Reference), but they appear to contain the same information. Along the same lines as the FactFinder above, but this one focuses on measurements, symbols, codes and abbreviations and oodles of conversion tables. |
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The Compact Oxford English Dictionary / Book, Magnifying Glass and User's Guide
by Weiner and Simpson
This is a whole less expensive than the CD version which was around A$1500 last time we looked. This single volume contains all 20 volumes of the Oxford within the one cover - in 1 point type. If you use it as much as we do, the magnifying glass they supply is not the best way to do it. Buy a Bug-Eye glass — you can get them in all sorts of sizes; they sit flat on the page and you read through it in essentially normal size type. It is a fabulous reference book. If you follow the link to the Amazon site you will notice it has a ranking of 1,806 — that makes it a very popular purchase. |
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Chambers Dictionary of Science and Technology
by Walker
No self respecting technical writer or editor should be without a copy of this dictionary if they do any work in a technical field. |
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The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference
by Barnes-Svarney
This book is on our to read list — it appears to be set across or between the Chambers dictionary and the FactFinder above. |
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The Oxford Companion to Philosophy
by Honderich
This is on our to read list (if that is what one does to this kind of book!) because much of technical writing is about logic, the way people think and their motivations for acquiring knowledge. We think this book will make us think about technical writing from new perspectives. Oh, well; it is a noble thought. We will let you know the outcome in due course. |
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