20. An apparatus for managing links to documents within a network of nodes, the nodes including a user station, file server, and directory services server, the apparatus comprising: the user station programmed to execute a link management module for searching through multiple environments across the network to find and link a lost document to the user station; a file server storing a plurality of documents, including the lost document; a directory services system comprising a directory services database, containing directory services objects, including a document location object, being an instance of a directory services object, linked together in a hierarchy, and programmed to execute a search engine effective to search the directory services database for the directory services objects associated with the lost document the link management module being independent from the directory services system and programmed to query the directory services system to find the document location object corresponding to the lost document.
21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the link management module further comprises a traverse module for traversing the directory services database.