Reference work: it’s recalled in study probing personal record (10)
I believe the answer is:
dictionary
'reference work' is the definition.
(I know that dictionary is a type of wordbook)
'it's recalled in study probing personal record' is the wordplay.
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'study' becomes 'con' (con can informally mean to study).
'probing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (probe can mean to make a hole in).
'personal record' becomes 'diary' (I've seen this in another clue).
'it' backwards is 'ti'.
'ti' inserted inside 'con' is 'ction'.
'ction' put into 'diary' is 'DICTIONARY'.
(Other definitions for dictionary that I've seen before include "Brewer's creation, say" , "reference work" , "glossary" , "Ordered book" , "Where to find the meaning of life, for example!" .)