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General reference[edit]

General reference (Outline of information resources)
1. Outline of books – a book is a set of written, printed, illustrated sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. Books are used to convey knowledge and other information.
2. General subject outlines (outlines of knowledge)
  1. Outline of academic disciplines
  2. Figurative system of human knowledge
  3. Propædia Outline of Knowledge
  4. Subject classification systems
    1. Academic classification systems
      1. Fields of doctoral studies (United States)
      2. Joint Academic Classification of Subjects
    2. Library classification systems
3. Outline of knowledge – familiarity, awareness or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning. Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic.
4. Outline of Wikipedia – free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles. Wikipedia is the sixth-most visited website and constitutes the Internet's largest and most popular general reference work.

Culture[edit]

Outline of culture – set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that define a group of people, such as the people of a particular region. Culture includes the elements that characterize a particular peoples' way of life.
1. The arts – vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. The arts encompasses visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts.
  1. Outline of literature – the art of written works.
    1. Outline of fiction – any form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s).
    2. Outline of poetry – literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning.
    3. Outline of critical theory – examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities.
  2. Outline of the visual arts – art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature.
    1. Outline of architecture – The art and science of designing and erecting buildings and other physical structures.
      1. Outline of classical architecture – architecture of classical antiquity and later architectural styles influenced by it.
    2. Outline of crafts – recreational activities and hobbies that involve making things with one's hands and skill.
    3. Outline of drawing and drawings – visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium.
    4. Outline of design – the process for planning the overall look of an object.
    5. Outline of film – motion pictures.
      1. Outline of animation
    6. Outline of painting – practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface with a brush or other object.
      1. Outline of painting history
    7. Outline of photography – art, science, and practice of creating pictures by recording radiation on a radiation-sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or electronic image sensors.
    8. Outline of sculpture – three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials - typically stone such as marble - or metal, glass, or wood.
  3. Outline of performing arts – those forms of art that use the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium.
    1. Outline of acting
    2. Outline of dance – art form of movement of the body.
    3. Outline of film – moving pictures, the art form that records performances visually.
    4. Outline of theatre – collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place.
    5. Outline of music – art form the medium of which is sound and silence.
      1. Music genres
        Outline of jazz – musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States, mixing African and European music traditions.
        
        List of opera topics – art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score.
      2. Musical instruments – devices created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds.
        Outline of guitars – the guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with either nylon or steel strings.
    6. Outline of stagecraft – technical aspects of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes, but is not limited to, constructing and rigging scenery, hanging and focusing of lighting, design and procurement of costumes, makeup, procurement of props, stage management, and recording and mixing of sound.
2. Gastronomy – the art and science of good eating, including the study of food and culture.
  1. Outline of food preparation – act of preparing foodstuffs for eating. It encompasses a vast range of methods, tools, and combinations of ingredients to improve the flavour and digestibility of food. Includes but is not limited to cooking.
  2. Outline of cuisines – styles of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, each usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region.
  3. Outline of meals – eating occasions that take place at a certain time and includes specific prepared food.
  4. Food and drink
    1. Outline of food
      1. Outline of edible seeds
        Outline of grains
        
        Outline of legumes
        
        Outline of nuts
      2. Outline of meats
      3. Outline of fruits
      4. Outline of vegetables
      5. Outline of chocolate – raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree.
    2. Outline of drinks
      1. Outline of alcoholic beverages
        Outline of beer
        
        Outline of distilled beverages
        
        Outline of cocktails
        
        Outline of wine – alcoholic beverage made from fermented fruit juice (typically from grapes).
3. Outline of recreation and Outline of entertainment – any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie.
  1. Outline of festivals – entertainment events centering on and celebrating a unique aspect of a community, usually staged by that community.
  2. Outline of fiction – any form of narrative which deals, in part or in whole, with events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary and invented by its author(s).
    1. Outline of spy fiction – genre of fiction concerning forms of espionage
      1. Outline of James Bond – fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming. Since then, the character has grown to icon status, featured in many novels, movies, video games and other media.
    2. Outline of fantasy – genre of fiction using magic and the supernatural as primary elements of plot, theme or setting, often in imaginary worlds, generally avoiding the technical/scientific content typical of Science fiction, but overlapping with it
      1. A Song of Ice and Fire franchise (Game of Thrones) – fantasy series and setting by writer George R. R. Martin, home to dragons, White Walkers, and feuding noble houses.
      2. Outline of Middle-earth – fantasy setting by writer J.R.R. Tolkien, home to hobbits, orcs, and many other mystical races and creatures.
      3. Outline of Narnia – fantasy setting by C.S. Lewis, home to talking animals, centaurs, witches, and many other mythical creatures and characters.
    3. Outline of science fiction – a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least nonsupernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, giant monsters (Kaiju), and paranormal abilities. Exploring the consequences of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas".
      1. Star Trek – sci-fi setting created by Gene Roddenberry, focused mostly upon the adventures of the personnel of Star Fleet of the United Federation of Planets and their exploration and interaction with the regions of space within and beyond their borders.
  3. Outline of games – structured playing, usually undertaken for enjoyment, involving goals, rules, challenge, and interaction.
    1. Board games – tabletop games that involve counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules.
      1. Outline of chess – two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces: One king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.
    2. Card games – game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
      1. Outline of poker – family of card games that share betting rules and usually (but not always) hand rankings.
    3. Outline of video games – electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device.
  4. Outline of sports – organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. Generally speaking, a sport is a game based in physical athleticism.
    1. Ball games
      1. Outline of baseball – bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each where the aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond.
      2. Outline of basketball – team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules.
      3. Outline of cricket – bat-and-ball team sport, the most popular form played on an oval-shaped outdoor arena known as a cricket field at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard (20.12 m) long pitch that is the focus of the game.
      4. Football
        Outline of Association football (soccer)
        
        Gridiron football
        Outline of American football
        
        Outline of Canadian football
        
        Rugby
        Outline of rugby league
        
        Outline of rugby union
      5. Outline of golf – club and ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
      6. Outline of tennis – sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles), using specialized racquets to strike a felt-covered hollow rubber ball over a net into the opponent's court.
    2. Combat sports
      1. Outline of fencing – family of combat sports using bladed weapons. It is also known as french swordfighting or french swordfencing.
      2. Outline of martial arts – extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development.
    3. Outline of figure skating
    4. Outline of gymnastics
    5. Outline of ice hockey
    6. Outline of the Olympics
    7. Outline of professional wrestling
    8. Outline of swimming
    9. Outline of track and field athletics
    10. Traveling / racing sports
      1. Boating
        Outline of canoeing and kayaking – two closely related forms of watercraft paddling, involving manually propelling and navigating specialized boats called canoes and kayaks using a blade that is joined to a shaft, known as a paddle, in the water.
        
        Outline of sport sailing – using sailboats for sporting purposes. It can be recreational or competitive. Competitive sailing is in the form of races.
      2. Outline of cycling – use of bicycles or other non-motorized cycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Also called bicycling or biking.
      3. Outline of motorcycles and motorcycling – riding a motorcycle. A variety of subcultures and lifestyles have been built up around motorcycling and motorcycle racing.
      4. Outline of racing
      5. Outline of running – moving rapidly on foot, during which both feet are off the ground at regular intervals.
4. Outline of the humanities – academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
  1. Outline of area studies – comprehensive interdisciplinary research and academic study of the people and communities of particular regions. Disciplines applied include history, political science, sociology, cultural studies, languages, geography, literature, and related disciplines.
    1. Outline of sinology – study of China and things related to China, such as its classical language and literature.
  2. Outline of classical studies – branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and all other cultural elements of the ancient Mediterranean world (Bronze Age ca. BC 3000 – Late Antiquity ca. AD 300–600); especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.