a network database system wherein clients of subscribing entities are authorized network access to reliable documents that are identified by each entity as being relevant to clients of that entity . features that can be included in the system are customization of the documents to reflect sourcing by particular subscribers , automated formatting of the documents for storing in a network database , client access facilitated by subscriber - maintained databases , and the avoidance of cookies remaining on clients &# 39 ; computer hard drives following document access . also disclosed is a method for processing repeated data requests on a distributed computer database .