1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating document retrieval in an electronic document management system, the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by at least one processor, one or more user-specific naming patterns in metadata created by a first user in connection with a plurality of documents that the first user has a first entitlement to access; recording, by at least one processor and in a storage medium, said identified one or more user-specific naming patterns in at least one of a naming patterns file (NPF), database, and lookup table with entries corresponding to said first user; and modifying, by at least one processor and based on the recorded user-specific naming patterns, at least a portion of the metadata created by the first user to improve searchability by other users, the modified metadata being available in a document query for one or more of the plurality of documents by a second user, the second user having a second entitlement that is equivalent or similar to the first entitlement such that the second user is entitled to access at least some of the plurality of documents.