resource guide

Helpful information listing

A resource guide is a document or publication that compiles information, contacts, and references on a particular topic for people who need them.

Organizations produce resource guides for everything from mental health services to home renovation: The nonprofit published a resource guide for new immigrants.

Unlike tutorials or how-to guides, resource guides emphasize where to find help rather than how to do something yourself.

Related

quick reference · toolkit · survival kit · compendium · getting started · tutorial · step by step · index · primer · cheat sheet · helpdesk · FAQ · help desk · how-to · sourcebook · catalog · navigation · assistance

Opposites
information function

resource guideservice delivery

Supplying promised assistance

primary source · hands-on help · the real thing · end product · implementation

organizational purpose

resource guidemisinformation

False data spread unintentionally

disinformation · classified information

organizational structure

resource guideraw data

Unanalyzed collected information

Family

resource, guide, resources, resourced, resourceful, resourcefulness, resourcing, guides, guided

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G