23. A method of searching a specialty oriented document database or index created from a master index of a subject matter area by assigning one or more specialties to each document, assigning one or more terms or codes from said master index to each document, assigning a context or potential use for which the a document of said plurality of documents is particularly suited to selected ones of said documents, assembling a database comprising said documents having a selected specialty in accordance with said terms or codes, said method comprising steps of arranging said terms or codes hierarchically or alphanumerically, browsing said terms or codes, and accessing said database in accordance with at least one of said terms or codes and at least one of a said context or use for which the a document of said plurality of documents is particularly suited, an index term selected by browsing said index terms at a hierarchically less refined level to specify a context of another specified index term, and one or more components of respective ones of said documents.
23. A method of searching a specialty oriented document database or index created from a master index of a subject matter area by assigning one or more specialties to each document, assigning one or more terms or codes from said master index to each document, assigning a context or potential use for which the a document of said plurality of documents is particularly suited to selected ones of said documents, assembling a database comprising said documents having a selected specialty in accordance with said terms or codes, said method comprising steps of arranging said terms or codes hierarchically or alphanumerically, browsing said terms or codes, and accessing said database in accordance with at least one of said terms or codes and at least one of a said context or use for which the a document of said plurality of documents is particularly suited, an index term selected by browsing said index terms at a hierarchically less refined level to specify a context of another specified index term, and one or more components of respective ones of said documents. 27. A method of searching as recited in claim 23 including the further step of browsing a list of index terms appearing at a predetermined level of a hierarchical arrangement of said index terms.