Welcome to the Plant Humanities Search tool

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:

  • High resolution images (public domain and openly licensed)
  • Journal articles
  • Links to relevant web sites
  • Maps
  • Wikidata knowledge graph properties
  • and more...

What is an entity?

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.

Find an Entity

Search the Wikidata knowledge graph for a person, place, plant, animal, etc.

Some example entities...

Below are some example entity groups for exploration.

  • Q1043
  • Q37970
  • Q296898
  • Q153408
  • Q394451
  • Q1035
  • Q155764
  • Q333419
  • Q3017494
  • Q347356
  • Q4794782
  • Q18748726
  • Q838691
  • Q636275
  • Q133822
  • Q1852803
  • Q677516
  • Q309388
  • Q3731149
  • Q688704
  • Q1420103
  • Q4032
  • Q3052500
  • Q27686509
  • Q214733
  • Q192190
  • Q33036816
  • Q34687
  • Q759876
  • Q1067933
  • Q182448
  • Q161426
  • Q101815
  • Q2104475
  • Q5194627
  • Q14080
  • Q2195976
  • Q18769666
  • Q3162464
  • Q188617
  • Q336701
  • Q2444945
  • Q585521
  • Q2566136
  • Q1890086
  • Q1264942
  • Q1923740
  • Q45242

Contribute

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