17. The system of claim 15 further comprising computer program instructions for accessing at least one of the plurality of dictionary databases using a search engine.
15. A system for facilitating user comprehension of digitally encoded texts, the system comprising: a processor; and a computer memory operatively coupled to the processor; wherein the computer memory has disposed within it: computer program instructions for providing a user of the system with access to a plurality of databases; computer program instructions for associating at least one content category with each dictionary database; computer program instructions for associating at least one predetermined marking with each of the plurality of dictionary databases; computer program instructions for identifying at least one text portion marked by the user with a first marking; computer program instructions for determining a subset of dictionary database(s) from the one or more dictionary databases identified as being associated with the first marking, each dictionary database in the subset having a content category that corresponds to the at least one text portion; computer program instructions for identifying at least one additional text portion marked by the user with a second marking, the second marking being different from the first marking, the at least one text portion and the at least one additional text portion being part of a same digitally encoded text; computer program instructions for identifying one or more dictionary databases associated with the first marking; computer program instructions for identifying one or more dictionary databases associated with the second marking; computer program instructions for initiating a searching process comprising performing a first search of the at least one text portion within the subset of dictionary database(s) and performing a second search of the at least one additional text portion within the one or more dictionary databases associated with the second marking; and computer program instructions for displaying the results of the first and second searches to the user in a consolidated format.