Systems, methods and computer readable media for performing a
domain-specific metasearch, and obtaining search results therefrom. A
metasearch engine capable of accessing generic, web-based search engines
and domain-relevant search engines is provided to receive one or more
queries inputted by a user, and to search for documents on at least one
the generic, web-based search engines and domain-relevant search engines
which are relevant to the queries. Raw data search results are fetched in
the form of text documents. Relevant data including semantic information
are extracted from the raw data search results, and converted to a local
format. The relevant data having been converted to the local format may
be visualized as a network visualization. Additionally or alternatively,
the raw data search results may be ranked and/or filtered based on the
linking of the relevant data. Visualization of the raw data having been
ranked and/or filtered may be performed in addition to, or alternative to
visualization of the network.