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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 health.
= 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.
- {{CURRENTYEAR}} – Major events this year
- {{CURRENTYEAR}} in science – Ongoing science findings and technology advancements
- Portal:Current events – Featured current events and related project activities
= 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.
- :Wikipedia:List of bibliographies – Compilation of bibliographies
- :Category:Wikipedia bibliographies – Multi-page catalog of Wikipedia's bibliographies
= 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.
- :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
= Vital articles =
= List of articles every Wikipedia should have =
Explore topics where Wikipedias of all languages should have articles.
= Featured content =
Discover Wikipedia's best, reviewed and vetted for quality.
= Good content =
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.
- Special:Allpages – List of all current pages
- Wikipedia:Contents/A–Z index – Alphabetical index
- :Category:Wikipedia indexes – Alphabetical list of topic indexes
- Wikipedia:Contents/Indices – Indexes sorted by topic area
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