7. The system of claim 6, wherein said information for each social expression card comprises one or more data files containing the images, text, and formatting information linked to an identifier.
6. A system for indexing and retrieving information for social expression cards comprising: means for indexing each social expression card by building a thesaurus of descriptors and equivalent words by: (a) allowing a user to specify at least one descriptor for each social expression card; (b) allowing a user to specify a number of equivalent words for each descriptor; (c) incorporating the descriptors and equivalent words into the thesaurus as a meaning referent set; and (d) linking said social expression card to the meaning referent set in the thesaurus; and means for retrieving said information for selected social expression cards by: (a) allowing a user to specify at least one descriptor; (b) locating said descriptors in the thesaurus; (c) locating any equivalent words for said descriptors in the thesaurus; and (d) retrieving said information for social expression cards linked to said descriptors or equivalent words for said descriptors in the thesaurus.