what are the common characteristics of reference materials?
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['They are intended primarily for occasional consultation.', 'They are consulted for definite items of information.', 'The information included in them is collected from a vast number of sources.', 'It is a miscellany of information and facts.']
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A reference standard is the traceable, raw material standard (usually in crystallized form) that you dissolve and volumetrically dilute to make your working standard. The working standard is what you use to "do your work."
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['General interest -', 'Special interest &#8211;', 'Professional/scholarly publications &#8211;']
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['Compressibility.', 'Density.', 'Specific Enthalpy.', 'Specific Entropy.', 'Specific Heat Capacity.', 'Pressure.', 'Temperature.', 'Thermal Conductivity.']
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['Magazines. ... ', 'Comics. ... ', 'Manuals. ... ', 'Newspapers. ... ', 'Poetry. ... ', 'Travel Brochures. ... ', 'Encyclopedias. ... ', 'Sports Programs.']
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['Digital (Peer Reviewed) articles.', 'Ebooks.', 'Hard copy magazines and journals.', 'Dissertations.', 'Local collections/ archives - pamphlets/posters/brochures/personal diaries/ journals and artifacts.', 'Reference materials.', 'Rare / Out-of-print materials.']
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['The purpose of the work.', 'A summary of its content.', 'Information about the author(s)', 'For what type of audience the work is written.', 'Its relevance to the topic.', 'Any special or unique features about the material.', 'Research methodology.']
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The characteristic properties of a substance are always the same whether the sample being observed is large or small. Examples of characteristic properties include freezing/melting point, boiling/condensing point, density, viscosity and solubility.
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['Melting Point of the material.', "The material's boiling point.", 'Density.', 'Thermal conductivity.', 'Its resistance to several kinds of corrosion. All these factors or the properties that the material possesses, gives us their uses in different or in various works.']
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['The purpose of the work.', 'A summary of its content.', 'For what type of audience the work is written.', 'Its relevance to the topic.', 'Any special or unique features about the material.', 'The strengths, weaknesses or biases in the material.']
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['Characteristic # 1. Reliability:', 'Characteristic # 2. Validity:', 'Characteristic # 3. Objectivity:', 'Characteristic # 4. Usability:']
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['Should not be aimless or entire summary.', 'Must be relevant summary.', "Summarizes and organizes each work's ideas around a specific topic or argument. Organizes and synthesizes. ... ", 'Features current relevant literature.']
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['Sharp.', 'Yellow.', 'wooden.', 'long.', 'graphite lead.', 'solid.', 'metal.', 'soft eraser.']
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['about as long as a staple.', 'the width of a highlighter.', 'the diameter of a belly button.', "the width of 5 CD's stacked on top of each other.", 'the thickness of a notepad.', 'the radius (half the diameter) of a US penny.']
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['Availability/accessibility. Information should be easy to obtain or access. ... ', 'Accuracy. ... ', 'Reliability or objectivity. ... ', 'Relevance/appropriateness. ... ', 'Completeness. ... ', 'Level of detail/conciseness. ... ', 'Presentation. ... ', 'Timing.']
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['[#] Reference number (matching the in-text citation number)', "Author's first initial. ... ", 'Title of the document/source, in italics. ... ', 'Publisher/Production information.', 'Year, Abbreviated Month and Day of publication. ... ', 'Accessed on: Abbrev. ... ', '[Online]']
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['Comprehensiveness.', 'Clarity.', 'Homogeneity.', 'Suitability.', 'Stability.', 'Elastic.']