9. A computer system comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a memory coupled to the CPU; and a computer-readable, tangible storage device coupled to the CPU, the storage device containing instructions that are executed by the CPU via the memory to implement a method of creating a new document, the method comprising the steps of: the computer system receiving keywords specifying a subject matter of the new document; the computer system determining metadata of documents or metadata of parts of the documents matches one or more keywords included in the received keywords; the computer system retrieving the documents or the parts of the documents whose metadata matches the one or more keywords; based on a section or subsection being created in the new document, the computer system generating a ranked list of the retrieved documents or parts of the documents; the computer system receiving a selection of a document or a part of a document included in the ranked list; the computer system adding content to the new document, the added content being the document or the part of the document whose selection was received; the computer system determining the new document is not complete; the computer system refining the keywords based in part on the added content; and based in part on the subject matter and the refined keywords, the computer system completing the new document by repeating the steps of determining the metadata, retrieving the documents, generating the ranked list, receiving the selection, and adding the content.
10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises the steps of: the computer system receiving an outline of sections and subsections in the new document; and the computer system receiving an association between the outline and the received keywords, wherein the step of completing the new document is based in part on the outline and the association between the outline and the received keywords.