Search method and information managing apparatus

An information managing apparatus comprising:

• a processing circuit;
• and
• a memory,
• wherein the processing circuit performs a process including
• receiving a search request for searching information including a plurality of items that are targets of information search, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more first character strings in a related manner to information related to a source of the search request;
• judging, based on a result of comparing the one or more first character strings stored in the memory and a second character string specified in the search request, the item corresponding to the second character string;
• and
• generating a search condition in which the second character string is used as a search keyword corresponding to the item that is judged as corresponding to the second character string.