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+# Searching in JabRef
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+Search in Bib(La)Tex libraries is done using PostgreSQL.
+Search of full text done using Apache Lucene.
+[It is planned to migrate to PostgreSQL](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/12261), too.