1. A method for displaying sources of a fact, comprising: receiving a user-formulated factual query, the factual query including one or more query terms; identifying, from a fact repository, an answer to the factual query, the answer including one or more factual answer terms and information identifying source documents that include one or more query terms of the factual query and one or more of the factual answer terms of the answer; additionally, searching a document database distinct from the fact repository to identify documents matching the user formulated factual query; after identifying the answer, accessing at least one of the source documents in the document database distinct from the fact repository; generating a snippet for at least one of the source documents, the snippet including one or more query terms of the factual query and one or more of the factual answer terms of the answer; and generating a response including the snippet, wherein the snippet itself provides factual information that answers the factual query and information identifying at least a subset of the documents of the documents identified from the document database.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising responding to a user selection of a link within a displayed representation of the answer to the factual query.