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Explore the vast knowledge of [[Wikipedia]] through these helpful resources. If you have a specific topic in mind, use Wikipedia's search box. If you don't know exactly what you are looking for or wish to explore broad areas, click on a link in the header menu at the top of this page, or begin your browsing below:


== Navigating Wikipedia's subjects ==
There are two ways to look things up in Wikipedia: by searching or by browsing.
Wikipedia organizes its content into distinct subject classifications, each with further subdivisions.


=== Culture ===
*If you know the name of an article for which you are looking, simply type it into Wikipedia's [[Help:Searching|search]] box.
Explore the diverse cultures, arts, beliefs, and customs of human societies.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Culture and the arts|Culture]]


=== Geography ===
*If you would like to look around the encyclopedia to see what is on it, use Wikipedia's '''Contents''' pages. Lists and [[Index (publishing)|indices]] are examples of contents for a published work, and Wikipedia has [[#Wikipedia's indices|many of each]], including a [[Portal:Contents/Quick index|complete alphabetical index]] and [[#Categorical indices|indices by category]]. <br /> Links to all of Wikipedia's main contents pages are presented below, and they in turn link to the more specific pages.
Discover the wonders of Earth's lands, features, inhabitants, and planetary phenomena.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Geography and places|Geography]]


=== Health ===
== Curated article collections ==
Learn about physical, mental, and social well-being.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Health and fitness|Health]]


=== Overview articles ===
=== History ===
Dive into the past through written records and scholarly exploration.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/History and events|History]]


==== Timelines ====
Overview articles summarize in prose a broad topic like [[biology]], and also have illustrations and links to subtopics like [[cell biology]], biographies like [[Carl Linnaeus]], and other related articles like [[Human Genome Project]].
Explore chronological events through our comprehensive timelines.
*[[List of timelines]]


==== Current history entries ====
* [[Portal:Contents/Overviews]] lists overview articles from covered areas of knowledge in a single page.
Stay up-to-date with encyclopedia entries covering ongoing events.
*[[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]] – Major events this year
*[[{{CURRENTYEAR}} in science]] – Ongoing science findings and technology advancements
*[[Portal:Current events]] – Featured current events and related project activities


=== Outline pages ===
=== Human activities ===
Delve into diverse human actions, from leisure and entertainment to industry and warfare.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Human activities|Human activities]]


=== Mathematics and formal sciences ===
Outline pages have trees of article links in an [[Outline (list)|outline format]]. They show how important subtopics relate to each other, and can be useful as a more condensed, non-prose alternative to overview articles.
Explore the study of quantity, structure, space, and change.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Mathematics and logic|Mathematics and logic]]


=== Natural sciences ===
* [[Portal:Contents/Outlines]] is a comprehensive list of "Outline of __" pages, organized by subject
Understand natural phenomena through empirical evidence, observations, and experiments.
* [[Outline of academic disciplines]] covers subjects studied in college or university, and links directly to prose overview articles
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Natural and physical sciences|Natural and physical sciences]]


=== People ===
=== Third-party classification systems ===
Learn about collective entities, ethnic groups, and nations.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/People and self|People]]


=== Philosophy ===
Various third-party classification systems have been mapped to Wikipedia articles, which can be accessed from these pages:
Dive deep into fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, and more.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Philosophy and thinking|Philosophy]]


=== Reference works ===
* [[List of Dewey Decimal classes]]
Access comprehensive information collections compiled for easy retrieval.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Reference|Reference works]]

==== Third-party classification systems ====
Refer to various third-party classification systems linked to Wikipedia articles.
* [[Library of Congress Classification]]
* [[Library of Congress Classification]]
* [[Wikipedia:Outline of Roget's Thesaurus]]
* [[List of Dewey Decimal classes]]
* [[Figurative system of human knowledge]] (''[[Encyclopédie]]'')
* ''[[Propædia]]'' (''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'')
* [[Tree of knowledge system]]
* [[Universal Decimal Classification#UDC_outline|Universal Decimal Classification]]


=== Vital articles ===
==== Bibliographies ====
Access sources on specific topics for further reading or verification.
{{main|Wikipedia:Vital articles}}
* [[:Wikipedia:List of bibliographies]] – Compilation of bibliographies
Vital articles are lists of subjects for which Wikipedia should have corresponding high-quality articles. They serve as [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:Vital articles|centralized watchlists]] to track the status of Wikipedia's most important articles.
* [[:Category:Wikipedia bibliographies]] – Multi-page catalog of Wikipedia's bibliographies


=== Religion ===
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1|Vital articles level 1]] – 10 most important articles
Explore social-cultural systems, beliefs, ethics, and more.
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Vital articles level 2]] – 100 most important articles
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Religion and belief systems|Religion]]
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles|Vital articles level 3]] – 1,000 most important articles
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Expanded|Vital articles level 4]] – 10,000 most important articles


=== Society and social sciences ===
==Reference collections==
Understand collectives, social interactions, political authority, and cultural norms.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Society and social sciences|Society]]


=== Technology and applied sciences ===
Wikipedia has several types of pages which provide content in a non-prose form, for reference purposes.
Learn about techniques, skills, methods, and processes in technology and science.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Technology and applied sciences|Technology]]


== Wikipedia's main content systems ==
=== List pages ===


=== Overview articles ===
List pages enumerate items of a particular type, such as the [[List of sovereign states]] or [[List of South Africans]]. Wikipedia has "lists of lists" when there are too many items to fit on a single page, when the items can sorted in different ways, or as a way of navigating lists on a topic (for example [[Lists of countries and territories]] or [[Lists of people]]). There are several ways to find lists:
Get summaries of broad topics with links to subtopics, biographies, and related articles.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Overviews|Overview articles]]


=== Outline pages ===
* [[Portal:Contents/Lists]] – A limited single-page collection of lists and lists of lists
Explore topics in outline format, linking to more detailed articles.
* [[List of lists of lists]] – A broad single-page collection of lists of lists
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Outlines|Outline pages]]
* [[:Category:Lists]] – Browse lists comprehensively via the multi-page Wikipedia category system


=== Timelines ===
=== List pages ===
Find enumerations of specific types, such as lists of countries and people.
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Lists|List pages]]


=== Portals ===
[[Timelines]] list events chronologically, sometimes including links to articles with more detail. There are several ways to find timelines:
Access featured articles, images, news, and more through thematic portals.

*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Portals|Portals]]
* [[List of timelines]] has a long single-page collection
* [[:Category:Timelines]] has a comprehensive multi-page collection via the Wikipedia category system

Of particular interest may be:
* [[List of centuries]]
* [[List of decades]]
* [[List of historical anniversaries]]—e.g. events on January 1 of any year
* [[{{CURRENTYEAR}}]]—major events this year
* [[Portal:Current events]]—featured current events and related project activities
* [[Deaths in {{CURRENTYEAR}}]]—lists notable people who died this year
* [[:Category:Graphical timelines]]—graphical timelines in the category and subcategories, arranged alphabetically


=== Glossaries ===
=== Glossaries ===
[[Glossaries]] are lists of terms with definitions. Wikipedia includes hundreds of alphabetical glossaries; they can be found two ways:
Access lists of terms with definitions through alphabetical glossaries.
* [[Portal:Contents/Glossaries]] – A single-page list of glossaries
*[[Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries|Glossaries]]
* [[:Category:Wikipedia glossaries]] – Browse glossaries comprehensively via the Wikipedia category system

=== Bibliographies ===
[[Bibliographies]] list sources on a given topic, for verification or further reading outside Wikipedia:
* [[:Wikipedia:List of bibliographies]] is a list of bibliographies
* [[:Category:Wikipedia bibliographies]] has a complete multi-page listing of bibliographies on Wikipedia

=== Category:Discographies ===
[[Discographies]] catalog the sound recordings of individual artists or groups.
* [[:Category:Discographies]] has a complete multi-page listing

==Special format collections==

=== Portals ===
[[Wikipedia:Portal|Portals]] include featured articles, images, news, categories, excerpts of key articles, links to related portals, and to-do lists for editors. There are two ways to find portals:
* [[Portal:Contents/Portals]] – A single-page list of portals
* [[:Category:Portals]] – Browse portals comprehensively via the Wikipedia category system

=== Wikipedia books ===
[[Wikipedia:Books|Wikipedia books]] are collections of Wikipedia articles that can be viewed, downloaded, or printed into a book. They provide a roadmap for a course of study in a particular subject.
* [[:Category:Wikipedia books (community books)]]—an alphabetical list of the books
* [[:Category:Wikipedia books]]—a list of the books, categorized by topic

=== Spoken articles ===
Growing collections of Wikipedia articles are starting to become available as spoken word recordings as well.
* [[:Category:Spoken articles]]—an organized list of all spoken articles
* [[Wikipedia:Spoken articles]]—some general information about the spoken article technology

== Collections of articles ==


=== Category system ===
=== Category system ===
Browse Wikipedia's category pages, which index articles by subject.
Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Categorization|collection of category pages]] is a classified index system. It is automatically generated from category tags at the bottoms of articles and most other pages. Nearly all of the articles available so far on the website can be found through these subject indexes.
* [[:Category:Main topic classifications]] – Arts, History, Technology, and more
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Categories]] – Hand-crafted list of topic categories
* [[:Category:People]] – Biographies


== Articles by importance or quality ==
If you are simply looking to browse articles by topic, there are three top-level pages to choose from:
* [[:Category:Main topic classifications]]—probably what you are looking for: Arts, History, Technology, etc.
* [[Portal:Contents/Categories]]—a hand-crafted list of first- and second-level topic categories


=== Vital articles ===
For biographies, see [[:Category:People]].
Explore subjects that demand high-quality articles, grouped by importance.
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/1|Level 1]] – 10 most important articles
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/2|Level 2]] – 100 most important articles
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/3|Level 3]] – 1,000 most important articles
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4|Level 4]] – 10,000 most important articles
* [[Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5|Level 5]] – 50,000 most important articles


=== Featured content ===
[[:Category:Contents]] is technically at the top of the category hierarchy, but contains many categories useful to editors but not readers. [[Special:Categories]] lists every category alphabetically.
Discover Wikipedia's best, reviewed and vetted for quality.
* [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|Featured pictures]]
* [[Wikipedia:Featured topics|Featured topics]]


===Alphabetical lists of articles===
=== Good articles ===
Explore well-written, factually accurate articles that meet editorial standards.
Wikipedia's alphabetical article indexes
* [[Wikipedia:Good articles|Good articles]]
* [[Special:Allpages]] lists all of the current pages in Wikipedia.
* [[Portal:Contents/A–Z index]] provides an easy way to skip to a particular part of the alphabet in the list of all articles.
* Lists of alphabetical indexes
** [[:Category:Wikipedia indexes]]—alphabetical list of topic indexes
** [[Portal:Contents/Indices]]—indexes sorted by topic area


== Collections of articles by quality or popularity ==
== Spoken articles ==
Listen to Wikipedia articles as spoken word recordings.
* [[:Category:Spoken articles]]
* [[Wikipedia:Spoken articles]]


== Alphabetical lists of articles ==
=== Featured content===
Browse Wikipedia's articles alphabetically.
[[Portal:Featured content|Featured content]] is the best Wikipedia has to offer, via vigorous [[Wikipedia:Peer review|peer review]]. Presented by type:
* [[Special:Allpages]] – List of all current pages
* [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured articles]]{{·}}[[Wikipedia:Featured lists|Featured lists]]{{·}} [[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|Featured pictures]]{{·}} [[Portal:Featured portals|Featured portals]]{{·}} [[Wikipedia:Featured topics|Featured topics]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/A–Z index]] – Alphabetical index
* [[:Category:Wikipedia indexes]] – Alphabetical list of topic indexes
* [[Wikipedia:Contents/Indices]] – Indexes sorted by topic area


===Most popular articles===
* [[Wikipedia:Top 5000 pages]] (of the last week)
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Explore the vast knowledge of Wikipedia through these helpful resources. If you have a specific topic in mind, use Wikipedia's search box. If you don't know exactly what you are looking for or wish to explore broad areas, click on a link in the header menu at the top of this page, or begin your browsing below:

Navigating Wikipedia's subjects

Wikipedia organizes its content into distinct subject classifications, each with further subdivisions.

Culture

Explore the diverse cultures, arts, beliefs, and customs of human societies.

Geography

Discover the wonders of Earth's lands, features, inhabitants, and planetary phenomena.

Health

Learn about physical, mental, and social well-being.

History

Dive into the past through written records and scholarly exploration.

Timelines

Explore chronological events through our comprehensive timelines.

Current history entries

Stay up-to-date with encyclopedia entries covering ongoing events.

Human activities

Delve into diverse human actions, from leisure and entertainment to industry and warfare.

Mathematics and formal sciences

Explore the study of quantity, structure, space, and change.

Natural sciences

Understand natural phenomena through empirical evidence, observations, and experiments.

People

Learn about collective entities, ethnic groups, and nations.

Philosophy

Dive deep into fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, and more.

Reference works

Access comprehensive information collections compiled for easy retrieval.

Third-party classification systems

Refer to various third-party classification systems linked to Wikipedia articles.

Bibliographies

Access sources on specific topics for further reading or verification.

Religion

Explore social-cultural systems, beliefs, ethics, and more.

Society and social sciences

Understand collectives, social interactions, political authority, and cultural norms.

Technology and applied sciences

Learn about techniques, skills, methods, and processes in technology and science.

Wikipedia's main content systems

Overview articles

Get summaries of broad topics with links to subtopics, biographies, and related articles.

Outline pages

Explore topics in outline format, linking to more detailed articles.

List pages

Find enumerations of specific types, such as lists of countries and people.

Portals

Access featured articles, images, news, and more through thematic portals.

Glossaries

Access lists of terms with definitions through alphabetical glossaries.

Category system

Browse Wikipedia's category pages, which index articles by subject.

Articles by importance or quality

Vital articles

Explore subjects that demand high-quality articles, grouped by importance.

  • Level 1 – 10 most important articles
  • Level 2 – 100 most important articles
  • Level 3 – 1,000 most important articles
  • Level 4 – 10,000 most important articles
  • Level 5 – 50,000 most important articles

Featured content

Discover Wikipedia's best, reviewed and vetted for quality.

Good articles

Explore well-written, factually accurate articles that meet editorial standards.

Spoken articles

Listen to Wikipedia articles as spoken word recordings.

Alphabetical lists of articles

Browse Wikipedia's articles alphabetically.

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