3. READING THE ARTICLES

When you make a search in Wikipedia you may find that there are many, few or no articles that are relevant to your search. However, once you find an article that you want to read, there are several things you need to know about the way in which Wikipedia is organized.

The main article page (the first page you see when you click on an article title) displays the overview of the article. This will give you some general information and let you see if the article is well written.

In a box after the overview there is a link table of contents that will allow you to jump around the entire article with ease.

To the left of the article are helpful Wikipedia links to the main page and other user content.

To the right of the article's text there will be related links or photos. Just click a link to follow it or click an image to see the information Wikipedia has on it.

At the end of the article there will be helpful links to navigate Wikipedia and for other resources related to the article. You can click on one of these links to check the accuracy of the Wikipedia article you've just read.

There are also a number of sites related to Wikipedia to aid in your endless search for information. Just like Wikipedia, you may want to check the accuracy of the information provided on these sites:

Wiktionary is an online dictionary and thesaurus

You can find free text books and manuals at Wikibooks

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