Find word in album name in iphoto

Is it possible to search / find an album that I created in iphoto - i.e. can I search by a word that I used in the album name?
I don't remember the date I took the photo but I remember what I called the album.  I have 44,000+ photos and have organized them by albums.
thanks

That's what I have to do, except that I have about 25 folders, each with about 100 albums and it takes forever.  I was just looking for an easy way to search by a word in an album title.  I don't change the name of every photo so I can't search by photo name.
My albums are titled with the date then the name, so I don't think a sort would help (although I can't find how you can sort albums if you would pass that along that would be nice.)
You would think there would be a way to search for an album name? 
thanks.

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