Newb Question

I want to build a program but am unsure of where to start. I want to build something that would allow a user to enter different options/preferences and upon hitting the search button, it would pull like results from several in house databases. I'm not expecting this to happen overnight with my lack of skills but would just like a good starting point.

what's le problem with

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