diff --git a/src/assets/pages/resources-landing-page.html b/src/assets/pages/resources-landing-page.html
index 790a68d..33bce71 100644
--- a/src/assets/pages/resources-landing-page.html
+++ b/src/assets/pages/resources-landing-page.html
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
 
                     <div class="sb-example-1">
                         <div class="search">
-                            <input type="text" class="searchTerm" placeholder="Search">
-                            <button type="submit" class="searchbutton">
+                            <input id="searchfield" type="text" class="searchTerm" placeholder="Search">
+                            <button id="searchbutton" type="submit" class="searchbutton">
                                 <svg width="100%" height="auto" viewBox="-1 -3 22 22" class="bi bi-search" fill="info"
                                      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
                                     <path fill-rule="evenodd"
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 <script src="scripts/tsUtil.js"></script>
 <script>loadTSTarget("themes.js");</script>
 <script>let help = loadTSTarget("help.js");</script>
+<script>loadTSTarget("search.js");</script>
 
 <script src="scripts/index_app.js"></script>
 </html>
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diff --git a/src/assets/pages/scripts/index_app.js b/src/assets/pages/scripts/index_app.js
index 2060104..087d7f6 100644
--- a/src/assets/pages/scripts/index_app.js
+++ b/src/assets/pages/scripts/index_app.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const factory = require(path.join(appDir, 'viewFactory'))
 
 function loadDocuments() {
-    factory.buildWebCardsFromConfig("resources-landing-page.json");
+    factory.buildUiFromConfig("resources-landing-page.json");
 }
 
 loadDocuments();
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diff --git a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-base.scss b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-base.scss
index 0eefc73..7a28a7b 100644
--- a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-base.scss
+++ b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-base.scss
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ body {
 .feedbackdropdown .dropdown-menu {
   background-color: map-get($theme-colors, menudropdownfill);
   font-size: 15px;
-  margin-bottom: 9 px;
+  margin-bottom: 9px;
   color: map-get($theme-colors, activetextaccordion);
   box-shadow: -1 1 3 1 #cccccc;
 }
@@ -286,4 +286,9 @@ hr {
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
   border: 0;
   border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
+}
+
+.highlight {
+  color: map-get($theme-colors, highlight-text-color);
+  background-color: map-get($theme-colors, highlight-background);
 }
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diff --git a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-dark.scss b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-dark.scss
index 69fe2c6..75093e7 100644
--- a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-dark.scss
+++ b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-dark.scss
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ $theme-colors: (
         "footerbackhover": rgba(157, 157, 157, .8),
         "helpmenudropdowntext": #9d9d9d,
         "helpmenudropdowntexthover": #a8a8a8,
-        "helpmenudropdownbghover": #5c5c66, 
+        "helpmenudropdownbghover": #5c5c66,
+        "highlight-text-color": #000,
+        "highlight-background": #ece665,
 );
 
 .theme-button{
diff --git a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-light.scss b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-light.scss
index bc54379..bfc657d 100644
--- a/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-light.scss
+++ b/src/assets/pages/styles/theme-light.scss
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ $theme-colors: (
         "helpmenudropdowntext": #3f4a5a,
         "helpmenudropdowntexthover": #080404,
         "helpmenudropdownbghover": #f2f2f2,
+        "highlight-text-color": #000,
+        "highlight-background": #ece665,
 );
 
 .theme-button{
diff --git a/src/assets/views/web-card.mustache b/src/assets/views/web-card.mustache
index 11ad99f..e91c62a 100644
--- a/src/assets/views/web-card.mustache
+++ b/src/assets/views/web-card.mustache
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <div class="col-md-4 mb-4 web-card" id="{{{id}}}">
     <div class="card mb-4 h-100 shadow-sm web-card-background">
         <div class="card-body d-flex flex-column text-center">
-            <h6 class="card-text text-header" style="text-align:center">{{title}}</h6>
-            <p class="card-text text-paragraph text-align-left">{{description}} </p>
+            <h6 class="card-text text-header" style="text-align:center">{{{title}}}</h6>
+            <p class="card-text text-paragraph text-align-left">{{{description}}} </p>
             <div class="d-inline-block mt-auto mx-auto justify-content-between align-items-center web-card-image-background">
                 <img id="collapse-image" class="rounded-circle mx-auto d-block img-fluid"
                      src="{{{imgPath}}}" alt="{{{altText}}}"
diff --git a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
index 06654ab..be7fafb 100644
--- a/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
+++ b/src/ts_source/fileutils.ts
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ export class DocumentDirectory {
 
     root: DirectoryNode;
 
-    getCards(): Map<String, object[]> {
+    getCards(): Map<string, object[]> {
         return DocumentDirectory.walkCards(this.root);
     }
 
-    private static walkCards(d: DirectoryNode): Map<String, object[]> {
-        let cardsByCategory = new Map<String, object[]>();
+    private static walkCards(d: DirectoryNode): Map<string, object[]> {
+        let cardsByCategory = new Map<string, object[]>();
         for (let i = 0, l = d.children.length; i < l; i++) {
             let child = d.children[i];
             if (child instanceof DirectoryNode) {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class DocumentDirectory {
         return cardsByCategory;
     }
 
-    private static mergeMaps(a: Map<String, Object[]>, b: Map<String, Object[]>) {
+    private static mergeMaps(a: Map<string, Object[]>, b: Map<string, Object[]>) {
         let keys = Object.keys(b);
         for (let z in keys) {
             let key = keys[z];
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class FileNode {
         this.parent = parent;
     }
 
-    static loadAltProps(path: String): object {
+    static loadAltProps(path: string): object {
         let props = {};
         let jsonPath = path + ".json"
         if (fs.existsSync(jsonPath)) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export class FileNode {
         return cardObj
     }
 
-    getTitle(): String {
+    getTitle(): string {
         let name = path.basename(this.filePath);
         let ext = path.extname(name);
         let cName = name.replace(ext, "");
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export class DirectoryNode extends FileNode {
         return false
     }
 
-    getCategory(): String {
+    getCategory(): string {
         let rawName = path.basename(this.filePath);
         let parts = rawName.split("-");
         for (let i = 0, l = parts.length; i < l; i++) {
diff --git a/src/ts_source/search.ts b/src/ts_source/search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86323a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ts_source/search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import {Configurator, DocumentDirectory} from "./fileutils";
+import * as path from "path";
+import {buildCardsFromConfig, buildUiFromConfig} from "./viewFactory";
+
+
+function register() {
+    let searchBar = $("#searchfield");
+    let searchButton = $("#searchbutton");
+    searchBar.on("keyup", (evt) => {
+        if ("Enter" === evt.code) {
+            let term = searchBar.val().toString();
+            if (!term || 0 === term.length) {
+                reset()
+            } else {
+                search(term);
+            }
+
+        }else{
+            let term = searchBar.val().toString();
+            if (!term || 0 === term.length) {
+                reset()
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    searchButton.on("click", ()=>{
+        let term = searchBar.val().toString();
+        if (!term || 0 === term.length) {
+            reset()
+        } else {
+            search(term);
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+function reset(){
+    buildUiFromConfig("resources-landing-page.json");
+}
+
+function search(term: string) {
+    let webcards = getWebCardsWithSearchTerm(term);
+    let fileCards = getFileCardsWithSearchTerm(term);
+    buildCardsFromConfig(webcards, fileCards);
+}
+
+function getFileCardsWithSearchTerm(term): Map<string, object> {
+    let map = new Map<string, object>()
+    let directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, "../assets/resources");
+    let fileCards = new DocumentDirectory(directoryPath).getCards();
+    console.log(fileCards);
+    for (let [key, value] of fileCards) {
+        for (let card of value) {
+            if (cardContainsTerm(term, card)) {
+                addToFileMap(map, key, highlightCardTerm(term, card));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    return map;
+}
+
+function getWebCardsWithSearchTerm(term): object {
+    let map = {};
+    let elementConfig = Configurator.loadAppConfig("resources-landing-page.json");
+    console.log(elementConfig);
+    let containerKeys = Object.keys(elementConfig);
+    for (let i = 0, l = containerKeys.length; i < l; i++) {
+        let containerKey = containerKeys[i];
+        let container = elementConfig[containerKey];
+        let categoryKeys = Object.keys(container);
+        console.log()
+        for (let categoryIdx in categoryKeys) {
+            let categoryKey = categoryKeys[categoryIdx]
+            let category = container[categoryKey];
+            let cards = category.cards;
+            for (let j = 0, k = cards.length; j < k; j++) {
+                let card = cards[j];
+                if (cardContainsTerm(term, card)) {
+                    addToWebMap(map, containerKey, categoryKey, category["description"], highlightCardTerm(term, card));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return map;
+}
+
+function addToWebMap(map: object, containerKey: string, categoryKey: string, categoryDescription: string, card: object) {
+    let container = map[containerKey];
+    if (!container) {
+        container = {};
+    }
+    let category = container[categoryKey];
+    if (!category) {
+        category = {"description": categoryDescription, "cards": []}
+    }
+    category["cards"].push(card);
+    container[categoryKey] = category;
+    map[containerKey] = container;
+}
+
+function addToFileMap(map: Map<string, object>, categoryKey: string, card) {
+    if (!map.get(categoryKey)) {
+        map.set(categoryKey, []);
+    }
+    let cards = map.get(categoryKey) as Array<object>;
+    cards.push(card);
+    map.set(categoryKey, cards);
+}
+
+function cardContainsTerm(term: string, card: object): boolean {
+    let titleContains = card["title"].toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase())
+    let descriptionContains = card["description"].toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase())
+    return titleContains || descriptionContains;
+}
+
+function highlightCardTerm(term: string, card: object): object {
+    let regexTerm = escapeRegExp(term);
+    let pattern = new RegExp(regexTerm, 'ig');
+    card["title"] = card["title"].replace(pattern, `<span class="highlight">$&</span>`);
+    card["description"] = card["description"].replace(pattern, `<span class="highlight">$&</span>`);
+    return card;
+}
+
+function escapeRegExp(term: string): string {
+    return term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&'); // $& means the whole matched string
+}
+
+
+register()
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diff --git a/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts b/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
index 7f0fdf1..f89ef73 100644
--- a/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
+++ b/src/ts_source/viewFactory.ts
@@ -49,18 +49,22 @@ export function buildFileCard(elem: JQuery<HTMLElement>, obj, append: boolean =
     });
 }
 
-export function buildWebCardsFromConfig(configName: string) {
+export function buildUiFromConfig(configName: string){
     let elementConfig = Configurator.loadAppConfig(configName);
-    let $ = require('jquery')
-    let containers = Object.keys(elementConfig);
     let directoryPath = path.join(__dirname, "../assets/resources");
     let fileCards = new DocumentDirectory(directoryPath).getCards();
-    for (let i = 0, l = containers.length; i < l; i++) {
+    buildCardsFromConfig(elementConfig, fileCards);
+}
 
+export function buildCardsFromConfig(elementConfig: object, fileCards: Map<string, object>) {
+    let $ = require('jquery')
+    let containers = Object.keys(elementConfig);
+
+    for (let i = 0, l = containers.length; i < l; i++) {
         let containerName = containers[i];
         let containerObject = elementConfig[containerName];
         let containerElem = $(`#${containerName}`);
-
+        containerElem.html("")
         let containerCategories = Object.keys(containerObject);
 
         for (let j = 0, m = containerCategories.length; j < m; j++) {
@@ -86,25 +90,7 @@ export function buildWebCardsFromConfig(configName: string) {
             let view = $(`#${categoryKey}-container`);
             let collapseButton = $(`#${categoryKey}-collapser`);
 
-            collapseButton.on("click", () => {
-                let imageMatchRegex = /\.\.\/images\/chevron-(\w+)-(\w+)\.svg$/ig;
-                let collapsable = $(`#${categoryKey}-container`);
-                let collapseButton = $(`#${categoryKey}-collapser`);
-                let collapseImg = $(`#${categoryKey}-img`);
-                if ("none" === collapsable.css('display')) {
-                    collapsable.css("display", "");
-                    collapseButton.addClass("active");
-                } else {
-                    collapsable.css("display", "none");
-                    collapseButton.removeClass("active");
-                }
-                let srcImg = collapseImg.attr("src");
-                let groups = imageMatchRegex.exec(srcImg);
-                let direction = groups[1];
-                let theme = groups[2];
-                let newDirection = direction === "up"? "down": "up";
-                collapseImg.attr("src", `../images/chevron-${newDirection}-${theme}.svg`);
-            });
+            setCollapseOnElement(collapseButton, categoryKey);
 
             for (let j in files) {
                 let file = files[j];
@@ -115,13 +101,32 @@ export function buildWebCardsFromConfig(configName: string) {
                 let content = contentList[j];
                 buildWebCard(view, content, true, $);
             }
-
-
         }
-
     }
 }
 
+function setCollapseOnElement(collapseButton: JQuery<HTMLElement>, categoryKey: string){
+    collapseButton.on("click", () => {
+        let imageMatchRegex = /\.\.\/images\/chevron-(\w+)-(\w+)\.svg$/ig;
+        let collapsable = $(`#${categoryKey}-container`);
+        let collapseButton = $(`#${categoryKey}-collapser`);
+        let collapseImg = $(`#${categoryKey}-img`);
+        if ("none" === collapsable.css('display')) {
+            collapsable.css("display", "");
+            collapseButton.addClass("active");
+        } else {
+            collapsable.css("display", "none");
+            collapseButton.removeClass("active");
+        }
+        let srcImg = collapseImg.attr("src");
+        let groups = imageMatchRegex.exec(srcImg);
+        let direction = groups[1];
+        let theme = groups[2];
+        let newDirection = direction === "up"? "down": "up";
+        collapseImg.attr("src", `../images/chevron-${newDirection}-${theme}.svg`);
+    });
+}
+
 export function buildWebCard(elem: JQuery<HTMLElement>, obj, append: boolean = false, $: any = require('jquery')) {
     let model = new CardModel(
         obj["title"],