Providing access control for public and private document fields

A computer program product to control access to information, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to determine that a user has authorization to view a first type of field, based on a degree of authorization of the user;
• program instructions to generate a modified list of search terms by adding additional search terms to a list of search terms, based on the degree of authorization of the user to view the first type of field, wherein the additional search terms are unencrypted document terms;
• program instructions to execute a search using the modified list of search terms;
• and
• program instructions to identify a search result that includes the first type of field, wherein the first type of field of the identified search result includes a search term that is included in the modified list of search terms.

A computer system to control access to information, the computer system comprising:

• program instructions to determine that a user has authorization to view a first type of field, based on a degree of authorization of the user;
• program instructions to generate a modified list of search terms by adding additional search terms to a list of search terms, based on the degree of authorization of the user to view the first type of field, wherein the additional search terms are unencrypted document terms;
• program instructions to execute a search using the modified list of search terms;
• and
• program instructions to identify a search result that includes the first type of field, wherein the first type of field of the identified search result includes a search term that is included in the modified list of search terms.