Abstract: The present invention provides a method of assembling a document from a plurality of passages of information stored in a respective plurality of records on a database, each record including at least one descriptor which is indicative of a characteristic of information contained in the passage of the respective record, comprising: selecting at least two records from the plurality of records, the selected records comprising all records having a descriptor which matches a descriptor chosen by a user, creating a document containing the passages of the selected records; presenting the document such that the passages contained in it are directly viewable by a user. The present invention also provides a system for implementing the method.