Abstract: A data processing system for searching information recorded in one or more databases and for generating one or more corresponding search results for presentation via a user interface is beneficially implemented such that the system includes computing hardware which is operable to execute one or more software products recorded on machine-readable data storage media; the system operates in a manner which reduces an overall computational effort at the one or more databases and reduces an amount of data exchange between the one or more databases and the user interface. The system is operable to enable a user to define, via the user interface, one or more categories into which search results are to be sorted after analysis thereof. Moreover, the system is operable to provide on the user interface supplementary information describing in greater detail the search results in response to user-interrogation of the one or more graphical objects.