9. A method of operating a computerized document search system where information is matched against a database containing documents in response to user queries, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a query identifying a source document that has information content related to the documents within the database; (b) automatically detecting at least one important word within the source document identified as a SearchWord wherein the SearchWord is selected in part by using a WordRatio of the SearchWord related to a topic area and a number of topic areas that contain the SearchWord; (c) processing the documents in the database in which an importance value of the at least one important word within the source document is related to the WordRatio and at least one value selected from a group of values consisting of: a value defined for the at least one important word related to a document section that occurs in a document being processed from the processed documents; a value defined for the at least one important word in at least one classification associated with the document being processed; a value defined for the at least one important word in a document type that applies to the document being processed; a value defined for the at least one important word across multiple document classifications; and a value based on statistical occurrence of the at least one important word across at least two different documents; (d) generating a score for the processed document based partly on the value of the SearchWord in the processed document; creating a document list having the processed document identified that is related to the source document and an indication of a quality of match between the source document and a related document, and using, by a Presentation Manager, the document list to show identity of the processed document from the document list to the user of the user queries.
9. A method of operating a computerized document search system where information is matched against a database containing documents in response to user queries, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a query identifying a source document that has information content related to the documents within the database; (b) automatically detecting at least one important word within the source document identified as a SearchWord wherein the SearchWord is selected in part by using a WordRatio of the SearchWord related to a topic area and a number of topic areas that contain the SearchWord; (c) processing the documents in the database in which an importance value of the at least one important word within the source document is related to the WordRatio and at least one value selected from a group of values consisting of: a value defined for the at least one important word related to a document section that occurs in a document being processed from the processed documents; a value defined for the at least one important word in at least one classification associated with the document being processed; a value defined for the at least one important word in a document type that applies to the document being processed; a value defined for the at least one important word across multiple document classifications; and a value based on statistical occurrence of the at least one important word across at least two different documents; (d) generating a score for the processed document based partly on the value of the SearchWord in the processed document; creating a document list having the processed document identified that is related to the source document and an indication of a quality of match between the source document and a related document, and using, by a Presentation Manager, the document list to show identity of the processed document from the document list to the user of the user queries. 10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the step of modifying the document score by at least one selected user specified criteria.