Method and system of searching a database of records

The invention provides an electronic document indexing system comprising a memory in which is stored one or more index entries, each index entry comprising a unique keyword and one or more data items, one or more of the data items representing the address of an electronic document accessible over a network; a query component configured to parse a user query into terms and operators relating the terms; a search engine configured to retrieve one or more index entries satisfying the query from the memory; a retrieval component configured to extract one or more electronic document addresses from the retrieved index entry or entries and to retrieve the electronic document(s) over the network; and a display configured to present the retrieved electronic documents to a user. The invention further provides a related electronic document index and a method of indexing electronic documents.