1. A method for finding and ranking regions of documents responsive to a query comprising the steps of: providing a query relating to information sought by a user, said query including at least one search term; searching for at least one document responsive to said query; determining a first value associated with each said document responsive to said query, each said value indicating the relevance of said associated document with respect to said query; defining at least one region within each of said documents corresponding to a selected one of said search terms; and determining a second value for each said region responsive to said query indicating the relevance of said region.