Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for storing, navigating and retrieving information. In particular, the present invention is concerned with systems and methods for storing data in, for retrieving data from, and for navigating large and/or complex datasets. The systems and methods of the present invention in particular are concerned with the materialization/denormalization of complex data sets comprising a plurality of large, interconnected but distinct data record collections. The materialization/denormalization of such data sets can be performed in a precomputation phase, prior to a browsing/searching operation.