noun (n)

• a publication containing a variety of works(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  collection
  

  source: wordnet30
• a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.(noun)

  source: webster1913