compendiums
Gathered knowledge volumes
Compendiums is a plural of compendium, a comprehensive collection or summary of information on a subject: The library held several compendiums of medieval folklore.
The word suggests breadth packed into manageable form—encyclopedias, handbooks, or anthologies that gather scattered knowledge.
The Latin plural compendia is also used, especially in academic contexts.
Multi-volume knowledge collections
- anthologiesCurated selection collections
- handbooksCompact reference volumes
- digestsProcesses food chemically
- summariesCondensed accounts of content
compilations · manuals · guides · collections · readers · omnibuses · treasuries · primers
Extended academic research documents
- treatisesFormal scholarly compositions
- monographsScholarly single-topic publications
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
- footnotesMarginal citations below text
citations · bibliographies · indexes · cross-references · appendices · volumes · editions · archives
Gathered groups of items
- assemblagesGrouped collections of things
- aggregationsCollected groupings of items
- selectionsChosen items from options
- samplersAssortments for tasting or testing
portfolios · miscellanies · assortments · gatherings · best-of · highlights · essentials · masterworks
encyclopedias
Multi-volume knowledge collections
- anthologiesCurated selection collections
- handbooksCompact reference volumes
- digestsProcesses food chemically
summaries · compilations · manuals · guides · collections · readers · omnibuses · treasuries · primers · almanacs
dissertations
Extended academic research documents
- treatisesFormal scholarly compositions
- monographsScholarly single-topic publications
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
footnotes · citations · bibliographies · indexes · cross-references · appendices · volumes · editions · archives · repositories
collections
Gathered groups of items
- assemblagesGrouped collections of things
- aggregationsCollected groupings of items
- selectionsChosen items from options
samplers · portfolios · miscellanies · assortments · gatherings · best-of · highlights · essentials · masterworks · classics
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- reference worksencyclopedia, encyclopedias, handbook, dictionaries, reference book
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- referencesreference, references, dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas
- art booksart books, painting collections, masterpieces, photography books, architecture books
- comic anthologiesgraphic novels, trade paperbacks, masterworks, essentials, deluxe editions
compendiumsmiscellany
Assorted collection of items
hodgepodge · jumble · fragments · scatterings · raw data