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## Chapter 5. Indexing

Indexing in Neo4j can be done in two different ways:

1. The database itself is a natural index consisting of its relationships of different types between nodes. For example a tree structure can be layered on top of the data and used for index lookups performed by a traverser.
2. Separate index engines can be used, with Apache Lucene being the default backend included with Neo4j.

This chapter demonstrate how to use the second type of indexing, focussing on Lucene.

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