diff --git a/src/FredMDQD.jl b/src/FredMDQD.jl
index 8645c49..9bb49de 100644
--- a/src/FredMDQD.jl
+++ b/src/FredMDQD.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ include("utils.jl")
 include("transforms.jl")
 include("qd.jl")
 include("md.jl")
+include("search-appendix.jl")
 
-export FredMD, FredQD
+export FredMD, FredQD, search_appendix
 
 end
diff --git a/src/search-appendix.jl b/src/search-appendix.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38e8988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/search-appendix.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+APPENDIX_PATH = artifact"FredMDQD"
+
+
+function search_appendix(path, needle; case_sensitive=false)
+    appendix = CSV.read(path, DataFrame)
+    if !isa(needle, Regex)
+        needle = case_sensitive ? Regex(needle) : Regex(needle, "i")
+    end
+    m = map(x -> contains.(string.(x), needle), eachcol(appendix))
+    m = reduce(hcat, m)
+    m = map(any, eachrow(m))
+    return(appendix[m, :])
+end
+
+search_appendix(s::Symbol, args...; kwargs...) = search_appendix(Val(s), args...; kwargs...)
+
+function search_appendix(::Val{:QD}, needle; case_sensitive=false, historic=false)
+    path_current = joinpath(APPENDIX_PATH, "FRED-QD-Appendix", "FRED-QD_updated_appendix.csv")
+    path_historic = joinpath(APPENDIX_PATH, "FRED-QD-Appendix", "FRED-QD_historic_appendix.csv")
+    path = historic ? path_historic : path_current
+    return search_appendix(path, needle; case_sensitive=case_sensitive)
+end
+
+function search_appendix(::Val{:MD}, needle; case_sensitive=false, historic=false)
+    path_current = joinpath(APPENDIX_PATH, "FRED-MD-Appendix", "FRED-MD_updated_appendix.csv")
+    path_historic = joinpath(APPENDIX_PATH, "FRED-MD-Appendix", "FRED-MD_historic_appendix.csv")
+    path = historic ? path_historic : path_current
+    return search_appendix(path, needle; case_sensitive=case_sensitive)
+end