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Wikipedia's contents: Categorical index

General reference
Culture and the arts
Geography and places
Health and fitness

History and events
Mathematics and logic
Natural and physical sciences
People and self

Philosophy and thinking
Religion and belief systems
Society and social sciences
Technology and applied sciences

Shortcut: WP:CATS

Categories (along with other features like cross-references, lists, and infoboxes) help you to find information, even if you don't know what exists or what it's called. The following list of categories of Wikipedia's coverage parallels our other lists by topic.

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Main categories: Research and Library and information science

Reference works • Almanacs • Atlases • Biographical dictionaries • Dictionaries (online) • Directories (online) • Encyclopedias (online) • Glossaries • Handbooks and manuals • Lists • Medical manuals • Reference works in the public domain • Style guides • Trivia books • Reference book stubs • Web sites

Further research tools and topics • Academic disciplines • Archives • Books • Clients • Colleges • Curricula • Databases (online) • Distance education • Grammar • Government agencies • Indices • Information • Knowledge • Libraries (digital) • Library cataloging and classification • News agencies • Periodic table • Prefixes • Reading • Research • Search engines • Suffixes • Topics • Universities • Writing

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Culture and the arts

Main categories: Culture and Arts

Culture and Humanities – Celebrities • Classics • Cooking • Critical theory • Entertainment • Food and drink • Games • Languages • Literature • Mass media • Mythology • Parapsychology • Parties • Pets • Philosophy • Censorship in the arts • Popular culture • Publications • Radio • Television • Traditions • Tourism • Toys

Arts and Entertainment – Arts and crafts • Festivals • Hobbies • Humor • Literature • Museums • Poetry

Performing arts – Dance • Film • Music • Opera • Theatre

Visual arts – Architecture • Crafts • Design • Drawing • Film (Animation) • Comics • Painting • Photography • Sculpture

Games and Toys

Board games • Card games • Video games • Role-playing games

Sports – American football • Auto racing • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cricket • Cycling • Golf • Gymnastics • Horse racing • Ice hockey • Lacrosse • Olympics • Rugby union • Sailing • Skiing • Soccer • Swimming • Tennis • Track & field • Whitewater sports

Mass media – Film • Newspapers • Publications • Publishing • Radio • Television

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Geography and places

Main category: Geography

Cities • Continents • Countries • Deserts • Lakes • Landforms • Maps • Mountains • Oceans • Parks • Rivers • Subterranea • Towns • Villages

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Health and fitness

Main categories: Health, Self-care, and Healthcare occupations

Self-care – Determinants of health • Health promotion • Health risks • Life extension • Prevention • Sexual health

Nutrition – Dietary supplements • Dietetics • Nutrients (Amino acids, Minerals, Nootropics, Phytochemicals, Vitamins) • Nutritional advice pyramids

Exercise – Aerobics • Bodyweight exercise (Calisthenics) • Cycling • Exercise equipment • Exercise instructors • Dancing • Exercise physiology • Hiking • Pilates • Running • Sports • Swimming • T'ai Chi Ch'uan • Walking • Weight training • Weight training exercises • Yoga

Hygiene – Cleaning • Oral hygiene

Positive psychology – Mental health • Psychotherapy

Public health – Health by country • Healthcare • Health law • Health promotion • Health standards • Occupational safety and health • Pharmaceutical industry • Safety •

Health science – Clinical research • Diseases • Epidemiology • Midwifery • Nursing • Nutrition • Optometry • Pharmacy • Public health

Medicine – Veterinary medicine

Dentistry • Dental hygiene and Orthodontics • Pharmaceuticals policy •

Human medicine – Alternative medicine • Cardiology • Endocrinology • Forensics • Gastroenterology • Human Genetics • Geriatrics • Gerontology • Gynecology • Hematology • Nephrology • Neurology • Obstetrics • Oncology • Ophthalmology • Orthopedic surgery • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry • Rheumatology • Sleep • Surgery • Urology

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History and events

Main categories: History and Events

By Period • By Topic • History of science • Historiography • Timelines

By Region

By continent – Africa • Asia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America

By country

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Mathematics and logic

Main categories: Mathematics and Abstraction

Algebra • Analysis • Arithmetic • Education • Equations • Geometry • Logic • Measurement • Numbers • Proofs • Statistics • Theorems • Trigonometry

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Natural and physical sciences

Main categories: Science, Natural sciences, and Nature

Scientific method • Scientists

Biology • Ecology • Health sciences • Medicine • Neuroscience • (See also the Health and fitness section above)

Physical sciences • Astronomy • Chemistry • Climate • Earth sciences • Geology • Physics • Space

Nature: • Animals • Environment • Humans • Life • Natural resources • Plants • Pollution

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People and self

Main categories: People, Personal life, Self and Surnames,

People • Beginners and newcomers • Biographies • Children • Heads of state • Humans • Legal categories of people • Men • Old age • Political people • Rivalry • Social groups • Subcultures • Women •

Specific people: by city • by company • by continent • by educational institution • by ethnic or national descent • by ethnic or national origin • by ethnicity or race • by medical or psychological condition • by nationality • by occupation • by political orientation • by religion • by revolution • by status • by year born • by year deceased

Lists of people • Personal timelines

Activists • Actors • A stronauts • Billionaires • Chief executives • Colonial people • Composers • Cyborgs • Defectors • Generals • Humanitarians • Innovators • Inventors • Lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered • Monarchs • Musicians • Musical groups • Philosophers • Politicians • Presidents • Princes • Princesses • Professors • Revolutionaries • Scientists • Settlers • Slaves • Victims • People associated with war • World record holders • Writers

Self • Alter egos • Consciousness studies • Gender • Personality • Sexuality • Sexual orientation and identity

Personal life • Clothing • Employment • Entertainment • Food and drink • Games • Health • Hobbies • Home • Income • Interpersonal relationships • Leisure • Love • Motivation • Personal development • Pets

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Philosophy and thinking

Main categories: Philosophy and Thought

Philosophy • Branches • Schools and traditions • Movements • Theories • Arguments • Philosophers • Literature • History • By era • By region • Aesthetics • Epistemology • Ethics • Logic • Metaphysics

Thinking and thinking skills • Attention • Cognition • Cognitive biases • Creativity • Decision theory • Emotion • Error • Imagination • Intelligence • Intelligence researchers • Learning • Memory • Memory biases • Mnemonics • Nootropics (smart drugs) • Organizational thinking • Perception • Problem solving • Psychological adjustment • Psychometrics • Qualities of thought

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Religion and belief systems

Main categories: Religion and Belief

Allah • Bible • Buddhas • Deities • Demons • Exorcism • God • Jesus • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Qur'an • Religious ethics • Religious law • Religious philosophy and doctrine • Ritual • Spirituality • Theology

Belief systems • Religious faiths, traditions, and movements • Agnosticism • Animism • Atheism • Deism • Determinism • Esotericism • Gnosticism • Humanism • Monism • Monotheism • Mysticism • New Age • Paganism • Pantheism • Polytheism • Shamanism • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theosophy • Transcendentalism • Unitarianism

Major beliefs of the world • Agnosticism • Atheism • Ayyavazhi • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese traditional religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Islam • Jainism • Judaism • Mormonism • Neopaganism • Rastafarianism • Satanism • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Wicca • Zoroastrianism

Mythology • Mythology by culture • Abrahamic mythology • Buddhist mythology • Christian mythology • Hindu mythology • Islamic mythology • Jewish mythology

See also: Criticism of religion

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Society and social sciences

Main categories: Science, Social sciences, and Society

Science and Scientific method • Scientists

Social sciences • Anthropology • Archaeology • Cultural studies • Demographics • Economics • Heuristics • Information studies • International relations • Linguistics • Psychology • Media studies • Political science • Social scientists • Sociology • Sexology • Systems theory

Society • Activism • Business • Communication • Crime • Education • Ethnic groups • Family • Finance • Government • Health • Home • Industries • Infrastructure • Labor • Law • Mass media • Military • Money • Organizations • Peace • Politics • Rights • War

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Technology and applied sciences

Main categories: Technology and Applied sciences

Agriculture & Agronomy • Architecture • Artificial intelligence • Automation • Biotechnology • Blu-ray • Cartography • Chemical engineering • Communication (Media studies • Telecommunications) • Construction • Design • Digital divide • Earthquake engineering • Electronics • Energy • Ergonomics • Firefighting • Fire prevention • Forensics • Forestry • Industry • Information science • Information technology • Internet • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing • Medicine (Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Metalworking • Microtechnology • Military science • Mining • Nanotechnology • Nuclear technology • Nutrition • Optics • Plumbing • Robotics • Sound technology • Space exploration • Technology forecasting • Tools

Computing: Classes of computers • Companies • Computer architecture • Computer model • Computer science • Computer security • Computing and society • Data • Embedded systems • Free software • Human-computer interaction • Information systems • Internet • Mobile Internet • Languages • Multimedia • Networks • Industrial Networks • Operating systems • Platforms • Product lifecycle management • Programming • Real-time computing • Software • Software engineering • Unsolved problems in computer science • More...

Electronics: Avionics • RF & MMIC Design • Circuits • Companies • Connectors • Consumer electronics • Digital electronics • Digital media • Electrical components • Electronic design • Electronics manufacturing • Embedded systems • Integrated circuits • Microwave technology • Molecular electronics • Water technology • Optoelectronics • Quantum electronics • RFID • Radio electronics • Semiconductors • Signal cables • Surveillance • Telecommunications • Terminology • More...

Engineering: Aerospace engineering • Bioengineering • Chemical engineering • Civil engineering • Electrical engineering • Environmental engineering • Materials science • Mechanical engineering • Nuclear technology • Software engineering • Structural engineering

Transportation: By country • Automobiles • Aviation • Cycling • Public transport • Rail transport • Road transport • Shipping • Spaceflight • Vehicles • Water transport

Technology timelines

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