Most information systems, which perform computerized searches of textual databases, deal with the need to display a list of
documents which fulfill the search criteria. The user must chose from a list of documents, those documents which are relevant
to his search query. Selection of the relevant document is problematical, especially during searches of large databases which
have a large number of documents fulfilling the search criteria. This article defines a new hierarchical tree which is made
up of three levels of display of search results. In a series of previous studies (not yet published) which were carried out
at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the influence of information (within the documents) displayed to the user was examined
in the framework of a list of responses to questions regarding user satisfaction with the method and the quality of his choices.
In the present study, in addition to the information displayed in the list, information on the contents (subject) of the document
was also displayed. The study examined the influence of this additional information on search time, user satisfaction and
ease of using the systems.