38. The computer system of claim 28 , in which the search server provides the search results in the form of a list of content having pages with text that matches the search terms, which content in the list of content is ranked according to a predetermined criterion.
28. A computer system that provides electronic searching of a user-personalized library of content, comprising a processor, a search server in communication with a database server, in which the database server is configured with a general library of content that is accessible to multiple users, the general library including (1) a page image database containing images of pages of content, (2) an access rights database containing access rules that define the scope of content to be displayed to each user, and (3) a text searchable database containing text and identifying information indicating the page images in the page image database that contain the text, the search server being configured with a search engine comprised of computer-implemented instructions that enable the search server to: (a) receive one or more search terms from a user having established a personalized library within the general library of content, (b) search the full text of the user's personalized library for pages of content that match the search terms, (c) provide the results of the full text search to the user for selection by the user, (d) prepare a substitute image of a page image in the page image database corresponding to the search result selection from the user, wherein a portion of the content in the page image is suppressed in the substitute image in accordance with one or more access rules to limit the amount of content in the substitute image, (e) provide location information to the user that identifies the location of the search terms in the substitute image, and (f) provide to the user the substitute image responsive to the user's search result selection with an instruction to highlight the search terms in the substitute image, wherein the instruction to highlight the search terms in the substitute image comprises an instruction to apply a layer of color on or near the search terms.