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The phrase "a field guide to" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a book or resource that provides information and identification tools for a specific subject, often related to nature or a particular field of study.
Example: "I just bought a field guide to birds, which will help me identify different species during my hikes."
Alternatives: "a reference book for" or "a handbook on".
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Kearns, D. B. A field guide to bacterial swarming motility.
Joanna Kavenna's A Field Guide to Reality is published by Riverrun.
Hill, D. J., Mio, M. J., Prince, R. B., Hughes, T. S. & Moore, J. S. A field guide to foldamers.
In 1934, the publication of Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds would change all that.
González-Gordon also wrote a translation of Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe in 1957.
Here, a field guide to the styles.
A Field Guide to Awkward Silences.
-- here is a field guide to the bicyclist.
A Field Guide to Reality is published by Quercus (£14.99).
These programs provide a field guide to the zeitgeist.
A field guide to the birds of Brazil.
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