Abstract: The present invention involves a computer implemented system and method which assists querying against a data space using visualization. The method uses a computer to visualize a query of the data space by an initial search parameter. A first set of objects resulting from the initial search parameter is displayed, and the first set of objects on the display is graphically manipulated. A second set of objects is then created from a new query based on the initial search parameter and the graphic manipulation of the first set of objects. The user may link various objects, and assign a quantitative or qualitative value with each link. Information spaces may be created based on such manipulations and/or links, and portions of the information spaces may be extracted and/or inserted into or out of external information spaces.