symbol image or word that conveys information a u201c stop word u201d is any small and or frequently occurring word that is not used as a search word such as u201c and u201d and u201c the u201d u201c a u201c search string u201d is one or more terms used to conduct a specific search the system and method of the present invention is implemented by computer software that permits the accessing of data from an electronic information source the software and the information in accordance with the invention may be within a single free standing computer or it may be in a central computer networked to a group of other computers or other electronic devices the information may be stored on a computer hard drive on a cd rom disk or on any other appropriate data storage device fig1 shows the overall implementation of the invention the system 100 preferably is implemented as a computer network having a plurality of client computers 120 networked to one or more remotely located servers 110 by a communication link 150 and bidirectional communication lines 130 the client computers 120 have a memory 121 processing capacity 123 a display device 125 and a pointing device 127 the server s 110 have a storage capacity 112 memory 116 and processing capability 119 as a practical matter the servers 110 also have a display device 117 and a keyboard.