What is Handbook?
[[File:Bernoullis Vademecum des Mechanikers.jpg|250px|right|thumb|A handbook from the [[year]] 1874]] A '''handbook''' (sometimes called a ''vade mecum'' which is [[Latin]] for ''go with me'') is a [[pocket]] [[book]] that can be carried at all times. Now however, this term is thought to be very old and is not in normal use any more. Handbooks may have information about any topic, and are mostly [[wikt:guide|guides]] of information in a special field or about a special [[wiktionary:Method|method]]. They are not made for reading through from end to end. They are made to have fast [[wikt:answer|answers]] in their area. For example, the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is a [[style guide]] for how to cite works in the MLA way, among other things. {{lit-stub}} [[Category:Books]]