1. A method for providing web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application, comprising: scanning an active document on a computer device operable for identifying relevant keywords; searching at least one database for reference materials relating to the relevant keywords; automatically displaying relevant reference materials on the computer device; converting the reference materials if the reference materials are in a format different from a format used in creating the active document; and displaying the reference materials on the computer device; wherein the active document includes data currently being entered or edited by a user on the computer device; and wherein the scanning an active document on a computer device operable for identifying relevant keywords is performed by an intelligent search agent, the method further including: scanning text of the active page for the active document for at least one of: frequently appearing terms; frequently appearing phrases; specific terms requested by the user; and context to determine relationships among terms within the active document; determining relevance of found terms or phrases resulting from the scanning based upon rules prescribed by the intelligent agent; and storing relevant results in a temporary storage location operable for performing the searching, the method further comprising deploying process software for providing the web-based electronic research and presentation functions via a document creation application, the deploying comprising: installing the process software on at least one server; identifying server addresses for users accessing the process software on the at least one server; installing a proxy server if needed; sending the process software to the at least one server and copying the process software to a file system of the at least one server; sending the process software to at least a first client computer; and executing the process software on the first client computer.