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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Org-mode and searching for multiple occurances
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To: evita moreno <evitamoreno80@live.com>
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evita moreno <evitamoreno80@live.com> writes:

> I am a teacher trying to teach young people how to use org-mode for
> writing. We have created a database with notes on literature review
> outlined in org-mode in the following format:
>
> * jones2000
> blah blah blah keyword1 keyword2
> *jones2007
> blah blah keyword2
>
> and so on. I was wondering whether there is a way where one can search
> for a keyword in the database (more than 350 papers up to now) and can
> get in an automatic fashion in which of the jones' entries these
> keywords occur (pretty much like using MS Access and running a query).
> Is this possible? Maybe what I am asking for is outright crazy/
> impossible but I thought I should give it a go!

You can use org-search-view (C-c a s).

Best,
Matt