Differences

[Devaraju]

      Dear All,

  

    What is difference between Text books and Reference books ?

Devaraju

[Kapil Agrawal]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_textbooks_...

A textbook generally takes you through the material step by step, starting with the easiest and moving on to more difficult tasks. A reference book is usually categorized, designed so you can look things up easily. They aren't really intended to be read straight through.

If you want to study something comprehensively, a textbook would be better. If there are only a few things you need to know on the topic, a reference book might be better as those things would be easier to find.

[S.B.Sharma]

textbooks means books which provide the complete  deep information/ knowledge on particular subject. textbooks are used the faculty members as well as students for teaching and learning. on the other side reference books means books which can refer for authoritative facts. encyclopeadia, dictionary etc.

[PANKAJ SEN]

text books are the form of document in which we have to read full book , where as in refrence book we choose some pages or part of that document as encyclopedia... 

[sudhir tiwari]

thanks sir

[prabha Tendolkar]

Text books are prescribed for study  purpose. it has been used  for through knowledge where as ref  books are fact finder and no need to read from start to end.