sourcebook
noun
source·book
ˈsȯrs-ˌbu̇k 
: a fundamental document or record (as of history, literature, art, or religion) on which subsequent writings, compositions, opinions, beliefs, or practices are based
also
: a collection of such documents
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This book is purported to be the first in a line using the name that revitalizes the spooky sourcebooks that detailed the important places in this part of the classic 1920s New England setting.
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Rob Wieland, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Books like Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything will be codified and unified by a new sourcebook at some point, but all of it will be compatible with 5th Edition material.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
The Education Department named two sourcebooks for the Tampa Bay Times.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
The boxed set acts as both an introduction to the game and as a sourcebook on Hobbits.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Chimurenga, the pan-African magazine, published a sweeping sourcebook and mixtape about the event in 2020; Theaster Gates curated a show on the photographs of another attendee, K. Kofi Moyo, last year.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
More than just a sourcebook, the Grammar sought to show ornamentation as a universal human phenomenon.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 17 June 2022
The company recently announced Sand and Dust, a sourcebook detailing the planet Arrakis.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
During that time, Apparatus has delved deeper into its creative sourcebook to design its biggest collection to date, nearly a decade after the studio first opened.
—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
Rob Wieland, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Books like Xanathar's Guide to Everything and Tasha's Cauldron of Everything will be codified and unified by a new sourcebook at some point, but all of it will be compatible with 5th Edition material.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
The Education Department named two sourcebooks for the Tampa Bay Times.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
The boxed set acts as both an introduction to the game and as a sourcebook on Hobbits.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
Chimurenga, the pan-African magazine, published a sweeping sourcebook and mixtape about the event in 2020; Theaster Gates curated a show on the photographs of another attendee, K. Kofi Moyo, last year.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022
More than just a sourcebook, the Grammar sought to show ornamentation as a universal human phenomenon.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 17 June 2022
The company recently announced Sand and Dust, a sourcebook detailing the planet Arrakis.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
During that time, Apparatus has delved deeper into its creative sourcebook to design its biggest collection to date, nearly a decade after the studio first opened.
—Sarah Medford, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
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