{{Short description|Book of essays on the history of reference works by Jack Lynch}} {{Other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use American English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox book | name = You Could Look It Up | author = Jack Lynch | image = You Could Look It Up (2016 book).jpg | caption = | subject = | published = 2016 (Bloomsbury Press) | pages = 464 | isbn = 978-0-8027-7752-2 | isbn_note = (Hardcover) }}
'''''You Could Look It Up''''' is a book of essays on the history of reference works by Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Manguel |first1=Alberto |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/books/review/you-could-look-it-up-by-jack-lynch.html|title=You Could Look It Up : Review|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Valentine |first=Genevieve |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/02/24/467133039/a-reference-guide-to-reference-in-you-could-look-it-up |title=Book Review: 'You Could Look It Up' By Jack Lynch |website=Npr.org |date=2016-02-24 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Steven Poole |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/21/you-could-look-it-up-jack-lynch-review |title=You Could Look It Up by Jack Lynch review – search engines can't do everything | Books |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/encyclopedic-knowledge/ |title=The all-conquering Wikipedia?: How the online encyclopedia is fast replacing the reference book |first=Peter |last=Thonemann |website=The Times Literary Supplement |date=2016-05-25 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Dirda |first=Michael |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/you-could-look-it-up-the-world-before-and-since-wikipedia/2016/02/17/57d0cab8-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html |title='You Could Look It Up': The world before and since Wikipedia |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson |first=Brian C. |url=https://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Point-of-reference-8430 |title=On reference books in history |website=Newcriterion.com |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theamericanscholar.org/you-could-look-it-up/ |title=You Could Look It Up - Stephanie Bastek |publisher=The American Scholar |date=2016-02-23 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/book-review-you-could-look-it-up-is-a-requiem-for-reference-1.139706/ |title=You Could Look It Up is a requiem for reference | The National |website=Thenational.ae |date=2016-04-20 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ian Critchley |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/you-could-look-it-up-the-reference-shelf-from-ancient-babylon-to-wikipedia-by-jack-lynch-zwk9l9njc |title=Books: You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia by Jack Lynch|website=The Times |date=2016-05-01 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Stavans |first=Ilan |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jack-lynch2/you-could-look-it-up/ |title=YOU COULD LOOK IT UP by Jack Lynch |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |date=2015-10-21 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8027-7752-2 |title=Nonfiction Book Review: You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia |website=Publishers Weekly |date=2015-11-02 |access-date=2016-11-11}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/you-could-look-it-up-9780802777522/}}
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