This section covers books on multiple old tools and how they were used. Many of these are intended to be reference books, which could be categorized as dictionaries or encyclopedias. A book on planes or saws would not be listed here, but a book on a wide variety of different tools should be included on this list.
| Title | Author |
| American Woodworking Tools | Paul B. Kebabian |
| Classic Hand Tools | Garrett Hack |
| Dictionary of American Hand Tools | Alvin Sellens |
| Dictionary of Tools | R. A. Salaman |
| The Handyman's Book | Paul N. Hasluck |
| Japanese Woodworking Tools | Toshio Odate |
| Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works | Joseph Moxon |
| The Woodworker’s Guide to Hand Tools | Peter Korn |