A general reference work is a resource that provides information on a wide variety of subjects. These include; dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, thesauruses, etc. Reference sources are a good starting point to become familiar with a research topic, which should utlimately go beyond these resources into academic books and scholarly journals.
Reference Books at Gail Horton Library
The Encyclopedia of Christianity
REF BR 95 .E8913 1999
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
BR 66.5 .A63 1998
Who's Who in the Bible
BS 550.3 .I83 2013
New Testament History, by F.F. Bruce
BS 2407 .B69 1969
Recommended Commentaries for the book of Acts
The Book of Acts, by F.F. Bruce (New International Commentary on the New Testament)
REF BS 2342.2 .N49 1951 V. 5
Acts, by D. Bock (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
BS 2342.2 .B35 1994 V. 5
The Message of Acts: the Spirit, the Church, and the World, by J. Stott (The Bible Speaks Today)
BS 2342.2 .B52 V. 6
The Acts of the Apostles: An Introduction and a Commentary, by M. Howard (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries)
BS 2625.3 .M35 1983
REF BS 2342.2 .T96 1960 V. 5
The Acts of the Apostles, by F.F. Bruce
BS 2625.3 .B73 1990
Online Biblical Reference Tools
DA Carson's Best Commentary Reviews onActs
Blue Letter Bible
Bible Hub Online Bible Maps
Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament