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There are two ways to look things up in Wikipedia: by searching or by browsing. If you know the name of the topic you are looking for, simply type it into Wikipedia's search box and press Go. If you would like to look around the encyclopedia to see what's on it, use Wikipedia's Contents pages. Lists and indices are examples of contents for a published work, and Wikipedia has many of each. Links to all of Wikipedia's main contents pages are presented below, and they in turn link to the more specific pages.
Wikipedia's reference listsOverviews of WikipediaAn overview is a survey of what is covered or included in an area. Overviews of Wikipedia's coverage include:
Featured contentFeatured content represents the best Wikipedia has to offer, and undergoes vigorous peer review. It can be found on the following directories:
ListsWikipedia has thousands of lists of topics, some are even lists of other lists.
Two of the broadest collections are:
GlossariesGlossaries are lists of terms with their definitions:
PortalsPortals are pages that feature selected articles, images, and news items about the Portal's theme subject. They also include topic lists, category lists, and to-do lists for the use of editors. Portals can be found at:
TimelinesTimelines are lists of articles organized chronologically. These are the top-level timelines and lists of timelines:
Wikipedia's indicesAlphabetical indices
Categorical indicesWikipedia's main categorical index system, automatically generated from information (category tags) placed at the end of each article. The pages at the top of the hierarchy are:
Wikipedia's other broad categorical indices are:
Spoken ArticlesSpoken Articles — articles that are available as spoken word recordings. |
Lists
Overviews · Topics (basic) · Academic disciplines · Glossaries · Portals
Countries · People · Timelines (centuries · decades) · 2007 · Anniversaries (today) · Current events · Deaths this year
Indices
Alphabetical · Categorical (Dewey classes · LOC classes · Roget's Thesaurus)
Featured content
Articles · Pictures · Lists · Portals · Topics · Sounds