In this talk I present how techniques from the areas of graph drawing
and information visualization can be combined in an interactive tool
that supports a particular type of sensemaking: finding
embedded narratives or plots across large collections of
relatively brief text documents. Our approach is decidedly
human-centered and we have created the Jigsaw system as
an embodiment of these principles. Jigsaw provides multiple
visualizations depicting the documents, the entities within
them, and connections between the two. Analysts interactively
explore the entities and documents as a way to guide
document selection for reading. Possible application domains of
our approach are criminalistic investigations or the exploration
of connections between biological entities, such as proteins
and pathways, in scientific papers.