1. A graphical user interface (GUI) generated by a processor of a search system, the GUI comprising: a search results window operable to display a set of search results within a table including a plurality of sub-tables corresponding to a plurality of categories, each sub-table representing at least one category and including a respective subset of the set of search results; and a plurality of local control elements, each local control element associated with a respective sub-table of the plurality of sub-tables and accessible to a user to selectively sort the respective subset of the set of search results within the respective sub-table according to a user-selected local sort parameter without altering a sort order of respective subsets of the set of search results within other sub-tables of the plurality of sub-tables.