1. A method for providing a user interface for a visual thesaurus for a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords associated with media clips included in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said method comprising: directly in response to a user beginning a search by selecting a media clip from said media clip database, displaying to the user an option for finding similar media clips that have an associated find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword that matches the find similar clips indicia, human judgment and/or a keyword associated with the selected clip, said keywords displayed to the user in a list box, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords.
1. A method for providing a user interface for a visual thesaurus for a media clip database associated with a multimedia application program, wherein said media clip database contains information, including find similar clips indicia and keywords associated with media clips included in said media clip database, said find similar clips indicia including hidden criteria based on human judgment regarding the content of the media clip that identifies and/or groups media clips, said method comprising: directly in response to a user beginning a search by selecting a media clip from said media clip database, displaying to the user an option for finding similar media clips that have an associated find similar clips indicia and/or a keyword that matches the find similar clips indicia, human judgment and/or a keyword associated with the selected clip, said keywords displayed to the user in a list box, the list box including each of said keywords listed separately, each keyword being individually selectable, the list box also including an additional list entry that permits selection of all said keywords. 17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the keywords are a list of keywords.