1. A method for automatically generating a query, comprising: defining an organized classification of document content with each class in the organized classification of document content having associated therewith a classification label; each classification label corresponding to a category of information in an information retrieval system; identifying a set of entities in selected document content for searching additional information related thereto using the information retrieval system; assigning the selected document content a classification label from the organized classification of content; automatically formulating a query that restricts a search al: the information retrieval system for information concerning the set of entities to the category of information in the information retrieval system identified by the assigned classification label.