1. A method of providing a personal search agent enabling a user to search for electronic documents that the user has previously accessed regardless of the location of the electronic documents, the method comprising: monitoring one or more of a plurality electronic documents accessed by the user for one or more predetermined events; creating an index for each of said monitored electronic documents, wherein said index is created by searching one or more browser caches and intercepting one or more calls to access one or more applications, and wherein an index entry may be created regardless of the location of said electronic documents; and providing a graphical user interface enabling said user to enter one or more keywords to create a search query and wherein in response to receiving and executing said search query, presenting said search results as text and using one or more graphical displays.