An information terminal , comprising: facility storage means which stores information on facilities; a first facility search means (105, S110) which searches and retrieves the facilities stored in the facility storage means based on a designated search condition; a second facility search means (105, S104) which requests, via a network, a facility information providing device for providing the information on the facilities to provide facility information based on the designated search condition; search method determination means which determines which of the first facility search means and the second facility search means is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities based on the designated search condition; and result displaying means which displays results retrieved by the first facility search means or the second facility search means, characterised in that the search method determination means determines that the second facility search means is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities when it determines that the designated search condition is a search condition that uses a plurality of search words so that when the search method determination means determines that an input includes a plurality of search words a remote search is executed, whereas when it determines that the input does not include a plurality of search words and the input is an address or telephone number or the search is not for a specific genre a local search is executed and when the input does not include a plurality of search words and the input is not an address or telephone number and the search is for a specific genre a local search and a remote search are executed. facility storage means which stores information on facilities; a first facility search means (105, S110) which searches and retrieves the facilities stored in the facility storage means based on a designated search condition; a second facility search means (105, S104) which requests, via a network, a facility information providing device for providing the information on the facilities to provide facility information based on the designated search condition; search method determination means which determines which of the first facility search means and the second facility search means is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities based on the designated search condition; and result displaying means which displays results retrieved by the first facility search means or the second facility search means, characterised in that the search method determination means determines that the second facility search means is to be used to search and retrieve the facilities when it determines that the designated search condition is a search condition that uses a plurality of search words so that when the search method determination means determines that an input includes a plurality of search words a remote search is executed, whereas when it determines that the input does not include a plurality of search words and the input is an address or telephone number or the search is not for a specific genre a local search is executed and when the input does not include a plurality of search words and the input is not an address or telephone number and the search is for a specific genre a local search and a remote search are executed. <EOS>