Storing Documents (Word, .PDF, etc) & Searching Across & Within

Can any one direct me to a document or resource that describes
how configure document storage (Word, .PDFs, etc.) and searching
capabilities across the indexing - meta data, and/or within the
documents for key words or phrases. Any feedback is greatly
appreciated. We have a database that stores several medical
documents in different formats and we want to provide the
doctors and nurses that ability to key word search above and
within these documents for different subjects they are
interested in. This is obviously possible, just look at the
searching technique on this site (technet, intermedia, etc.).
If you have any other suggestions for these requirements they
would also be greatly appretiated. Thank you very much.

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