ABSTRACT

A handbook, as every dictionary will inform you, is a book that gathers in an organized fashion basic factual information about a given subject, and that thus contains specific and targeted instructions on how to operate, sometimes machines, sometimes software, sometimes concepts. A handbook is a toolkit, as well as a lexicon. It should be useful to newcomers to the term, but also to experts who may want to have a broader and deeper understanding of the term. It should be ecumenical but also thorough.