Method and system for acquiring copied data source information

The invention discloses a method for acquiring copied data source information. The method comprises the steps that a system copies information selected by a user when a copying instruction input by the user is received, and data source information corresponding to the selected information is determined and saved according to the attribute of a program or file where the selected information is located; the system pastes the saved selected information onto a specific position when a pasting instruction input by the user is received, and the saved data source information corresponding to the selected information is saved in a file where the pasting position is located; the data source information corresponding to the selected information is extracted from the file where the selected information pasting position is located and displayed when an associated information display instruction corresponding to the selected information input by the user is received. By the adoption of the method, copied data source information can be automatically acquired and displayed, and the source of copied content can be searched for conveniently by the user.