code: def searchForItem(self, searchInfo, resultLimit=20, sortBy="relevance"):
          
  
          searchResults = []
  
          colls = self.get_data_collections()
  
          proj = {"_id": 0}
          for coll in colls:
              res = self.noteDB.command("text",
                                        coll,
                                        search=searchInfo,
                                        project=proj,
                                        limit=resultLimit)['results']
              for ii in res:
                  ii['type'] = coll
              searchResults.extend(res)
  
          if sortBy.lower() == "date":
              k = (lambda x: max(x['obj']['timestamps']))
              searchResults = sorted(searchResults, key=k)
          elif sortBy.lower() == "id":
              k = (lambda x: x['obj']['ID'])
              searchResults = sorted(searchResults, key=k)
  
          return searchResults
docs: :desc: Given a search term returns a list of results that match
                     that term:
  
                     [{u'score': 5.5,
                       u'obj': {u'note': u'note8',
                                u'ID': 3.0,
                                u'timestamps': [1381719620.315899]}}]
              :param str searchInfo: The search term
              :returns: A list of matching notes
              :rval: list