As with most things in philosophy, I would suggest starting with the Wikipedia article and the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on the topic. These usually give - not as a goodreplacement for reading the text, broadbut more to get a sense for an overview of a text and the topiccontext in which it was written. In many texts today, you will often see front-matter or appendixes that give similar sorts of overviews.
I would also suggest finding a commentary that you like. I can't say I'm too familiar with Heidegger or commentaries on his work, but a quick google search shows several commentaries and outlines that seem useful.