Visual Support for Keyword Search in Elektronic Documents

In this paper we approach the problem of keyword search in documents from a usability point of view. For hierarchically structured documents, as, for example, scientific texts, it is of utmost importance to relate the query result to the document structure. We use Treemaps to combine a visualization of this structure with the query results. Alternative presentation methods further enhance this visualization. Interactive tools give access to local details so that a quick assessment of a keyword location in connection with the given query and the document structure becomes possible.