7. A computer system, comprising a processor and a memory device containing computer readable instructions configured to be executed by the processor to implement a method for persistently linking sources to text copied from the sources, the method comprising: said processor displaying a first electronic document, said displaying comprising displaying first text appearing in the first electronic document; said processor obtaining, from a web page differing from the first electronic document, both selected text and an address of a source electronic document that comprises the selected text in a temporary computer object; said processor generating the temporary computer object that includes the selected text and persistently links the selected text with the source electronic document object, said generating the temporary computer object comprising generating a header in the temporary computer object, said generating the header in the temporary computer object comprising: copying a first tag, a second tag, and the obtained address of the source electronic document into the header of the temporary computer object, wherein the first tag marks the beginning of the header and the second tag marks the end of the header, wherein the address of the source electronic document is disposed between the first tag and the second tag in the header, wherein the header consists of the first tag, an identifier of the temporary computer object, an attribute pertaining to the address of the source electronic document, the address of the source electronic document paired in the header with the attribute, additional information pertaining to the source electronic document, and the second tag, and wherein the additional information consists of an author of the source electronic document, a date of creation of the source electronic document, and an owner of the intellectual property rights of the source electronic document; said processor copying the obtained selected text into the temporary computer object; said processor copying a third tag into the temporary computer object, wherein the third tag marks the end of the temporary computer object, and wherein the selected text is disposed between the header of the temporary computer object and the third tag, wherein the selected text in the temporary computer object is persistently linked with the source electronic document via the address of the source electronic document in the temporary computer object; said processor storing the temporary computer object in the first electronic document after the first text, wherein the temporary computer object in the first electronic document persistently links the selected text with the source electronic document that comprises the selected text.
7. A computer system, comprising a processor and a memory device containing computer readable instructions configured to be executed by the processor to implement a method for persistently linking sources to text copied from the sources, the method comprising: said processor displaying a first electronic document, said displaying comprising displaying first text appearing in the first electronic document; said processor obtaining, from a web page differing from the first electronic document, both selected text and an address of a source electronic document that comprises the selected text in a temporary computer object; said processor generating the temporary computer object that includes the selected text and persistently links the selected text with the source electronic document object, said generating the temporary computer object comprising generating a header in the temporary computer object, said generating the header in the temporary computer object comprising: copying a first tag, a second tag, and the obtained address of the source electronic document into the header of the temporary computer object, wherein the first tag marks the beginning of the header and the second tag marks the end of the header, wherein the address of the source electronic document is disposed between the first tag and the second tag in the header, wherein the header consists of the first tag, an identifier of the temporary computer object, an attribute pertaining to the address of the source electronic document, the address of the source electronic document paired in the header with the attribute, additional information pertaining to the source electronic document, and the second tag, and wherein the additional information consists of an author of the source electronic document, a date of creation of the source electronic document, and an owner of the intellectual property rights of the source electronic document; said processor copying the obtained selected text into the temporary computer object; said processor copying a third tag into the temporary computer object, wherein the third tag marks the end of the temporary computer object, and wherein the selected text is disposed between the header of the temporary computer object and the third tag, wherein the selected text in the temporary computer object is persistently linked with the source electronic document via the address of the source electronic document in the temporary computer object; said processor storing the temporary computer object in the first electronic document after the first text, wherein the temporary computer object in the first electronic document persistently links the selected text with the source electronic document that comprises the selected text. 8. The computer system of claim 7 , said method comprising: after said storing, said processor extracting, from the header of the temporary computer object stored in the first electronic document, the address of the source electronic document; said processor accessing the source electronic document using the extracted address; and said processor displaying the accessed source electronic document.