In an information searching method, it is first determined if an input retrieval word is a sentence composed of a plurality of words. A function code is assigned to each word of the sentence according to its function in the sentence, and then the words are coded in basic words. Then, a database in which information is composed of a sentence having a plurality of words each of which is assigned with a functioning code and coded in a basic word is retrieved on the basis of the coded retrieval word to search information having function codes and word codes identical to those of each word of the retrieval word. |