1. A system for collaborating research, comprising: a central data processor having a search module for searching data, the central data processor further comprising: an entity extraction module configured to extract entities from the data; a network extraction module configured to extract relationships between the extracted entities from the data; and a formatting module for formatting the extracted entities and the extracted relationships into a visualization format; and at least one host computer having a user interface for communicating with the central data processor, the user interface comprising: search tools for allowing a first user of one of the plurality of host computers to communicate a search request to the central data processor, the search request instructing the central data processor to search the data; selection tools for allowing the first user to select a subset of the data returned by the central data processor in response to the search request, and to initiate the communication of the selected subset of data to the entity extraction module and the network extraction module for data processing; at least one visualization tool for allowing the first user's host computer to graphically render the visualization format, and a collaboration tool input for allowing the first user to give access to the extracted entities and relationships and the visualization format to at least one additional remote user of the plurality of host computers.