A knowledge information managing apparatus and method that collects and registers knowledge information in a knowledge database, providing users with the convenience of acquiring information efficiently. After the knowledge information is registered, it is then opened in the knowledge database, allowing users to select knowledge information. The selected knowledge information is then registered in a user's knowledge account, where a knowledge account is set up for every user and is a storage area formed in an account database. The apparatus also includes a knowledge information managing program and a storage medium for storing that program.