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Further research tools and topics

Academic discipline • Archive • Basic English • Book • College • Curriculum • Government agency • -ility • Index • Information • IRC • IRC client • -ism • Knowledge • Library • Library classification • News agency • News client • Newswire • -ography • -ology • Overview • Periodic table • Quotation • Research • Search engine • Study Skills • Subject • Table of contents • Topic • University

Overview of art and culture

Main articles: Art and Culture

Culture and Humanities – By country • Celebrities • Classics • Cooking • Critical theory • Language • Literature • Movements • Mythology • Parapsychology • Philosophy • Popular culture • Religion • Traditions • Tourism

Art, The Arts, and Entertainment – Festivals • Hobbies • Humor • Literature • Museums • Parties • Poetry

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

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

Games and Toys

Board game – Checkers • Chess • Go

Card game – Magic: The Gathering • Poker

Computer and video games – Animation • Final Fantasy • Nintendo • Pokémon • RuneScape • StarCraft • Warcraft

Role-playing games – Dungeons & Dragons

Sports – Association football (soccer) • American football (College football) • Baseball • Basketball • Cricket • Golf • Ice hockey • Olympics • Racing (Cycling, Formula One) • Rugby (Rugby League • Rugby Union) • Swimming • Tennis

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

Overview of geography and places

Main articles: Earth, Geography and Place

Branches of Geography

Physical geography: Biogeography • Climatology • Coastal/Marine studies • Environmental geography • Geodesy • Geomorphology • Hydrology (Glaciology, Oceanography, Limnology) • Landscape ecology • Palaeogeography • Pedology

Human geography: Behavioral geography • Children's geographies • Cultural geography • Economic geography • Environmental geography • Feminist geography • Development geography • Health geography • Historical geography • Military geography • Political geography, including Geopolitics • Population geography or Demography • Regional geography • Social geography • Strategic geography • Time geography • Tourism geography • Urban geography

Geographical features (landforms)

Bay • Badlands • Bluff • Canyon • Cape • Cave • Channel • Cliff • Coast • Continent • Coral reef • Cove • Crater • Cuesta • Dale • Dell • Delta • Desert • Escarpment • Estuary • Fen • Fjord • Foothills • Forest • Geyser • Glacier • Glen • Gulf • Gully • Grassland • Highland • Hill • Hoodoo (geology) • Inlet • Island • Knoll • Lagoon • Lake • Landform • Marsh • Mesa • Mountain • Mountain pass • Mountain range • Ocean • Plain • Plateau • Pond • Prairie • Peninsula • Reef • Ravine • Ridge • River • Sandbar • Savanna • Sea • Sound • Source (river or stream) • Spring (hydrosphere) • Steppe • Strait • Stream Swamp • Tide pool • Tundra • Vale • Valley • Vernal pool • Volcano • Waterfall • Watershed • Waterway • Wetland

The World

By hemisphere: New World • Old World | Eastern world • Western world | Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere | Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere

By cultural region: Anglosphere • Arab world • Chinese world (Sinosphere) • Indosphere

By ordinal classification: First World • Second World • Third World • Fourth World • Fifth World

By economic development: Developed countries • Developing countries • Least Developed Countries

By continent: Africa • Antarctica • Australia • Eurasia • North America • South America

Countries of the World:

Countries of Africa	Countries of Asia	Countries of Europe	Countries of North America
Countries of Oceania	Countries of South America	Antarctic	Arctic

Atlas • City • Climate • Cultural geography • Demographics • Distance decay • Exploration • First law of geography • Geoarchaeology • Geocode • Geographer • Geographic information science • Geographic information system • History of geography • Hubbard Medal • Land cover • Map • Minimum bounding rectangle • Park • Philosophy of Geography • Population Density • Quantitative revolution • Region • Regionalisation • Sense of place • Spatial analysis • Subregion • Subterranea • Surveying • Town • Village

Overview of health and fitness

Self-care – General Fitness Training • Life extension • Longevity • Physical fitness

Nutrition – Healthy diet • Dietary supplements (Amino acids, Minerals, Nootropics, Nutraceuticals, Vitamins)

Physical exercise – Stretching • Warming up • Training effect – Exercise intensity

Aerobics • Calisthenics • Circuit training • Cross training • Cycling • Exercise equipment • Exercise machines • Jumping rope • Running • Sport • Swimming • Walking • Weight training • Weight training exercises

Hygiene – Cleanliness • Oral hygiene • Sleep hygiene • Occupational hygiene

Positive mental attitude – Mental health • Positive psychology

Health science – Nutrition • Optometry • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Public health • Speech-Language Pathology

Medicine – Midwifery • Nursing • Veterinary medicine

Dentistry – Dental hygiene and Epidemiology • Dental surgery • Endodontics • Orthodontics • Oral and maxillofacial surgery • Pedodontics (Pediatric dentistry) • Periodontics • Prosthodontics • Implantology

Human medicine – Cardiology • Endocrinology and Diabetology • Epidemiology • Forensics • Geriatrics • Hematology • Internal medicine • Health science • Nephrology • Neurology • Neurosurgery • Orthopedic surgery • Pathology • Pediatrics • Psychiatry (see also: Anti-psychiatry*) • Rheumatology • Surgery • Urology

Overview of history and events

History by region – Ancient Egypt • Babylonia • Classics (Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) • Ancient China

History by continent – Africa • The Americas • Antartica • Asia • Australia • Eurasia • Europe • North America • Oceania • South America • South Asia

History by country

History by period – Historiography • Timelines • Ancient History • Middle Ages • Renaissance • Modern history • Future history

The Ages of history – Stone Age • Copper Age • Bronze Age • Iron Age • Axial Age • Dark Age • Middle Ages • Viking Age • Age of Discovery • Age of Enlightenment • Industrial Age • Information Age • Space Age • Digital Age (See also the List of time periods)

History by subject

Cultural history – Banking • Money

History of art – Dance • Film • Music • Painting • Theatre

History of sport – American football • Baseball • Billiards • Cricket • Football • Skiing • Swimming

History of mathematics – Calculus

History of philosophy – Ancient • Medieval • Modern • Contemporary

History of logic • History of Western philosophy

History of science – Theories/sociology • Historiography • Pseudoscience • Scientific method

History of the natural sciences – Astronomy • Biology • Chemistry • Ecology • Geography • Physics

History of the social sciences – Anthropology • Economics • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics • Political science • Psychology • Sociology

History of science by era – In early cultures • In Classical Antiquity • In the Middle Ages • In the Renaissance • Scientific Revolution

History of technology – Agriculture & agricultural science • Architecture • Biotechnology • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Software engineering) • Electrical engineering • Invention • Materials science • Measurement • Medicine • Military technology • Transport

Overview of mathematics and abstractions

Main articles: Mathematics and Abstractions

Algebra • Arithmetic • Calculus • Cognitive science of mathematics • Equations • Geometry • Logic • Mathematical analysis • Mathematics education • Mathematical practice • Measurement • Numbers • Philosophy of mathematics • Pre-calculus • Probability • Proofs • Statistics • Theorems • Trigonometry • Unsolved problems in mathematics

Applied mathematics – Actuarial science • Approximation theory and representation theory • Bioinformatics • Continuous modelling • Control theory • Cryptography • Differential equations (ODEs and PDEs) • Financial mathematics • Graph theory (as applied to network analysis) • Information theory • Game theory • Mathematical biology • Mathematical economics • Mathematical methods of engineering • Mathematical physics • Matrix theory • Nonlinear optimization • Numerical analysis/scientific computing • Operations research, including linear programming • Parts of theoretical computer science • Probability • Statistics

Branches of philosophy – Aesthetics • Ethics • Epistemology • Logic • Metaphysics

Subdisciplines of philosophy – Education • Geography • History • Human nature • Language • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Mind • Philosophy • Physics • Politics • Psychology • Religion • Science • Social science • Technology • War

Schools of philosophy – Analytic philosophy • Continental Philosophy • Critical theory • Deconstructivism • Determinism • Dialectical materialism • Empiricism • Existentialism • Gaia philosophy • Hegelianism • Hermeneutics • Humanism • Idealism • Logical Positivism • Materialism • Neoplatonism • Nihilism • Ordinary Language • Phenomenology • Platonism • Positivism • Postmodernism • Poststructuralism • Pragmatism • Presocratic • Rationalism • Reformational • Relativism • Scholasticism • Skepticism • Stoicism • Structuralism • Transhumanism • Utilitarianism

Thinking – Awareness • Creative processes • Decision making • Emotional intelligence • Learning • Memory • Problem solving • Reason • Reasoning • Teaching

Qualities of thought – Accuracy • Cogency • Effectiveness • Efficacy • Efficiency • Frugality • Ilities • Promptness • Prudence • Right • Soundness • Validity • Value theory • Wrong

Thinking errors – Cognitive bias • Cognitive distortion • Error • Fallacy • Fallacies of definition • Logical fallacy • Mistake • Rhetoric • Target fixation

Related – Genius • High IQ society • Mensa • Nootropics ("smart drugs") • Philomath • Polymath

Overview of religion and belief systems

Main article: Religion See also: Relationship between religion and science

Allah • Belief • Biblical inspiration • Buddha • Confucious • Deity • Demon • Devil • Exorcism • Heresy • Inspiration • Faith • God • Jesus • Holy Spirit • Morality • Mythology • Occult • Prayer • Prophecy • Revelation • Ritual • Sin • Supernatural • Virtue

Belief Systems – Acosmism • Agnosticism • Animism • Antitheism • Atheism • Binitarianism • Deism • Determinism • Duotheism • Esotericism • Eutheism and dystheism • Freethought • Gnosticism • Henotheism • Humanism • Ignosticism • Kathenotheism • Monism • Monotheism • Monolatrism • Mysticism • New Age • Nondualism • Nontheism • Omnitheism • Pandeism • Panendeism • Panentheism • Pantheism • Polydeism • Polytheism • Secular • Skepticism • Spiritualism • Theism • Theopanism • Transcendentalism • Transtheism • Trinitarianism • Unitarianism

Major beliefs of the world – Antireligion • Bahá'í Faith • Buddhism • Cao Dai • Chinese folk religion • Christianity • Confucianism • Diasporic • Falun Gong • Hinduism • Irreligious • Islam • Neopaganism • Jainism • Judaism • Rastafari • Scientology • Sikhism • Spiritism • Shinto • Taoism • Tenrikyo • Unitarian Universalism • Zoroastrianism

See also: Criticism of religion

File:Nuvola apps kfm home.png Overview of social sciences and society

Main articles: Social sciences and Society See also Science and Scientific method

Social sciences – Anthropology • Archaeology • Cognitive science (Unsolved problems in cognitive science) • Communication studies • Critical theory • Cultural studies • Development studies • Economics (Unsolved problems in economics) • Education • Geography • History • Linguistics (Unsolved problems in linguistics) • Law • Political science • Psychology • Social policy • Sociology

Society – Ethnic groups • Group • Infrastructure • People

Community – Structure and agency • Socialization • Sense of community • Communitarianism • Social capital • Community development

Social development – Decadence • Social progress • Technological evolution

Sociocultural evolution, the progression: Hunter-gatherer bands → Social rank → tribes → Social stratification → chiefdoms → Neolithic Revolution →→→ Civilization: Agrarian society (Pre-industrial society): Agrarian villages → Towns → Cities → City-states → Nation-states →→ Industrial Revolution → (Modern) Industrial society →→ (Postmodern) Post-industrial society → Informational Revolution → Information society → Digital Revolution →→ Globalization → World government?

Social institutions – Organization

Family –

Religion – (see #Religion and belief systems above)

Infrastructure

Public infrastructure – highways • streets • roads • bridges • mass transit • airports and airways • water supply andwater resources • wastewater management • solid-waste treatment and disposal • electric power

Private infrastructure – Cars • Homes • Personal computers • Personal property • Real estate

Economy and Business – Finance • Management • Marketing

Education –

Civil society –

Government and Politics – Politics by country • Criminal justice • International relations • Law • Public affairs

Social network – Communication • Social capital

File:Nuvola apps krdc.png Overview of technology and applied sciences

Technological concepts and issues • Appropriate technology • Diffusion of innovations • Doomsday device • Externality • High technology • History of science and technology • History of technology • Industry • Innovation • Knowledge economy • Persuasion technology • Pollution • Posthumanism • Precautionary principle • Research and development • Strategy of technology • Superpowers • Technicism • Technocapitalism • Technocriticism • Techno-progressivism • Technological convergence • Technological evolution • Technological determinism • Technological diffusion • Technological singularity • Technology acceptance model • Technology assessment • Technology lifecycle • Technology transfer • Technology Tree • Technorealism • Timeline of invention • Transhumanism

Technologies and applied sciences • Aerospace • Agriculture, agricultural science, & agronomy • Architecture • Artificial intelligence • Automation • Automobile • Big Science • Biotechnology • Cartography • Chemical engineering • Communication • Computer science (Computing, Programming, Software engineering,Unsolved problems in computer science, Unsolved problems in software engineering) • Construction • Dentistry • Design • Education • Electronics • Energy development • Energy storage • Engineering • Ergonomics • Family and consumer science • Firefighting • Forensics • Forestry • Free software • Health sciences • Health • Industry • Information science • Information technology • Internet • Library and information science • Machines • Management • Manufacturing • Marketing • Mass communication • Mass production • Medicine (Unsolved problems in medicine, Unsolved problems in neuroscience) • Military science • Military technology and equipment • Mining • Nanotechnology • Nuclear technology • Nutrition • Processes • Robotics • Space exploration • Techniques • Technology forecasting • Telecommunications • Tools • Transport (By country) • Vehicles • Weapons

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