# Ways to locate notes
[[Categories are limiting]]. The good news is that there are many different ways to locate your notes:
- Using basic of full-text search
- Using constrained search (file names, file extensions, tags, metadata, exact terms, location, etc)
- By their name
- By their content
- By their metadata and tags
- By theme (e.g., via [[Map of Content (MoC)|Maps of Content (MoCs)]])
- By navigating from note to note using links and backlinks
- By asking questions (e.g., using Large Language Models)
- Through recent notes
- Through saved searches
- Through bookmarks
- Using AI, asking questions to your notes
- By using a combination of the above
## References
- How to name your notes: https://www.dsebastien.net/the-art-of-note-naming-keys-to-effective-knowledge-management/
- #todo add link to article note
- [[Why and How to Tag Your Notes (Article)]]
## Related
- [[Map of Content (MoC)]]