This search tool provides a convenient way to find web resources for a named entity (a person, place, plant, etc) using the Wikidata knowledge graph - for use in creating visual essays, teaching, and research.
Entity search results include:
An entity is anything that can be considered, discussed, or observed. Common examples include people, places, organizations, plants, animals, and events. The Plant Humanities Search tool uses the Wikidata knowledge graph to extract information about entities, and to find related web resources.
Search the Wikidata knowledge graph for a person, place, plant, animal, etc.
Below are some example entity groups for exploration.
This search tool uses returns web resources that have been tagged with with an explicit relationship to the entity of interest and others where the relationship is inferred, often using keyword search which can be imprecise. Users of this tool can help improve the quality of the results. Learn more in the contributing section on our About page