6. The method of claim 3 , wherein allowing the user to expand the partial document family comprises at least one of: displaying a prompt to the user allowing the user to choose to expand all partial document families included within the search results; indicating, by displaying an icon that represents the partial document family, that at least one individual document is part of the partial document family.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, in response to determining that the user has selected to expand the partial document family, replacing the icon that represents the partial document family with an icon that represents the entire document family.