{{wikt | blue book}} '''Blue book''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Academia and education== * Blue book exam, a type of school test in the US * Bluebook, a testing application by the College Board in the US * ''Blue and Brown Books'', notes taken during lectures by Ludwig Wittgenstein 1933–1935 * ''The Oceanic Languages'', or the "blue book", a 2002 reference work about the Oceanic family of languages
==Science and technology== *Blue Book (CD standard), a compact disc media format *''Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation'', or the "blue book", about the programming language *Blue Book, one of the Coloured Book protocols for computer networks the UK in the 1970s *The blue book, the Java virtual machine specification *''The Complexity of Boolean Functions'', or the "blue book", by Ingo Wegener * ''WHO Blue Books'', a series of World Health Organization books classifying tumors * ''Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry'', or the "Blue Book", by IUPAC
==Government== === In the United Kingdom === * British Blue Books, collections of diplomatic correspondence * United Kingdom National Accounts – The Blue Book, an annual report * ''Blue books'', a synonym for the Colonial Annual Reports, a series of reports produced by HM Stationery Office for the Colonial Office (1887 to 1975) * Treachery of the Blue Books, or the Blue Books, a controversial 1847 British government report about education in Wales * ''Blue Book'' (Bryce and Toynbee book), a 1916 government report on the Armenian genocide :*''The Blue Book, Political Truth or Historical Fact'', a 2009 documentary film about the report *''Report on the Natives of South-West Africa and their Treatment by Germany'', a 1918 report about German colonial atrocities and especially the Herero and Nama genocide <!-- please keep WP:REDLINK, there are many sources such as https://www.jstor.org/stable/4133916 and https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00940798.2022.2160263 -->
=== In the United States === * Blue Book (FCC), ''Public Service Responsibility of Broadcast Licensees'', a 1946 report * ''Blue Book'' (United States Marine Corps), documenting seniority of Marine Corps officers * Project Blue Book, a U.S. Air Force study on UFOs in the 1950s and 1960s ** ''Project Blue Book'' (TV series), 2019 * ''Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States'', or the "Blue Book", a Revolutionary War drill manual * Blue Book, American name for one of the World War II Japanese naval codes * Official Manual State of Missouri, or the "Missouri Blue Book" * Oregon Blue Book, the official directory and fact book for Oregon * Tennessee Blue Book, the official government manual for Tennessee * Wisconsin Blue Book, a biennial publication of the Wisconsin's Legislative Reference Bureau
===Elsewhere=== * Australian Blue Book, a national reference book 1942–1950 * Traineeship scheme of the European Commission, or the Blue Book Traineeship * Diplomatic Bluebook of Japan, an annual report on Japan's foreign policy * Serbian Blue Book, a collection of diplomatic documents about events 29 June – 6 August 1914
== Transportation == * Aircraft bluebook, a value guide for used aircraft * Automobile Blue Book, a 1901–1929 series of road guides for American motorists * Kelley Blue Book, an American vehicle valuation and automotive research company
== Other uses == * ''Bluebook'', a style guide for legal citation in the US * ''Blue Book'' (magazine) (1905–1975) * ''Blue Book'' (racing), a list of thoroughbred racehorses * ''Who's Who in Denver Society'', or the Blue Book, originally by Louise Sneed Hill * ''The Blue Book of the John Birch Society'', a transcript of the society's founding meeting * The Blue Book Network, a marketing, workflow software and print media company, publishing a directory of construction subcontractors and suppliers * Blue booking, a role-playing game term * ''Blaubuch'' ('Blue Book'), a list of culturally important sites in eastern Germany
== See also == * {{intitle|blue book}} * The Blue Pages (disambiguation) * Blue paper, a paper specification used by artists *Black Book (disambiguation) *Green Book (disambiguation) *Red Book (disambiguation) * Little Blue Books, a 20th century paperback book series * Big Blue Books, a 20th century paperback book series * ''The Wee Blue Book'', a 2014 Scottish pro-independence publication * ''Ireland Blue Book'', a 2023 Canadian comedy film
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