compendium
noun
[ kəmˈpɛndɪəm ]
• a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.
• "an invaluable compendium of useful information about language"
Similar:
collection,
compilation,
anthology,
treasury,
digest,
summary,
synopsis,
precis,
résumé,
outline,
summarization,
round-up,
summing-up,
companion,
handbook,
manual,
vade mecum,
conspectus,
summa,
epitome,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin, ‘profit, saving’ (literally ‘what is weighed together’), from compendere, from com- ‘together’ + pendere ‘weigh’.