Blue book

Blue book may refer to:

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
• 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

• 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

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

• 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