Library indexing system and method

A method for creating a collective index for a plurality of documents, comprising the steps of:

• identifying objects of interest in a plurality of document files in electronic format, wherein objects of interest are not documents in said plurality of document files;
• creating a single unique object identifier tag for each identified object of interest, wherein the single unique object identifier tag does not identify any documents in said plurality of documents;
• processing each document file in said plurality of document files, wherein said processing comprises:
• searching each document file to identify information pertinent to any identified object of interest, where the information has a type;
• marking, in each document file, information pertinent to an identified object of interest with a unique identifier tag, said unique identifier tag comprising a combination of a form of the unique object identifier tag for the corresponding identified object of interest, and the type of information identified;
• adding a destination to the document file for that unique identifier tag;
• and
• overlaying the marked information within each document file with a button;
• constructing a plurality of menu files with multiple category levels for said collective index, wherein each identified object of interest corresponds to a button in a menu file;
• and
• inserting code text files into the document files and the plurality of menu files, wherein each code text file corresponds to at least one of the identified objects of interest, and comprises pointers to locations within the plurality of document files with information pertinent to the at least one of identified objects of interest;
• further wherein the code text files inserted into the plurality of menu files cause one or more menus or sub-menus to open when a user clicks on a menu button for a particular identified object of interest, wherein the menus or sub-menus present information options available for the particular identified object of interest.