Compilations:
Items are edited together into single volumes.
Dictionaries:
Subject-specific dictionaries exist for a variety of topics.
Directories:
A book containing one or more alphabetical lists of the inhabitants of any locality, with their addresses and occupations; also a similar compilation dealing with the members of a particular profession, trade, or association, for example a Clerical or Medical Dictionary, etc.
Encyclopedias
Guides:
Handbooks
Patent and Statistical Databases
Technical Surveys and Reports
Thesauri -- Classified list of terms or keywords
Union Catalogs
National Union Catalog is an example. Another example is OCLC Worldcat.
Prior to 1801 ESTC English Short Title Catalog
1473-1700 EBBO Early English Books Online
1701-1800 ECCO Eighteenth Century Collections Online
1639-1800 Evans Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker
1801-1819 Shaw Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Digital Edition