# Does Org-Roam have Logseq-style block references? **URL:** \ **Category:** Random\ **Created:** [October 27, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/does-org-roam-have-logseq-style-block-references/3265 "2023-10-27T11:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChuckSneed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/chucksneed/32/1379_2.png) [@ChuckSneed](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/ChuckSneed)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/does-org-roam-have-logseq-style-block-references/3265/1 "2023-10-27T11:11:33Z")
I am quite a new Logseq user. Logseq has been the tool that opened my eye to the whole “Personal Knowledge Management” rabbit hole of internet communities. After using Logseq for a few weeks, I also heard about org-roam. Putting aside the fact that in order to use Org-roam I would have to invest in learning Emacs (Vim user here!) - OrgMode - OrgRoam, one thing I am curious about is whether Org-Roam has Logseq style block references. From the online videos I’ve seen about Org-Roam, it seems like it has links (backlinks) to “nodes”. These nodes, as far as I could understand, are individual note files. So, in Org-Roam, one has to link to the whole note file itself, and not just a specific paragraph, section, or block point within the note file itself. Is this correct? Or can Org-Roam link to specific sections of a Org-Roam note file? ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 9:22am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/does-org-roam-have-logseq-style-block-references/3265/2 "2023-10-29T09:22:16Z")
> [@ChuckSneed](#): > > From the online videos I’ve seen about Org-Roam, it seems like it has links (backlinks) to “nodes”. These nodes, as far as I could understand, are individual note files. > [@ChuckSneed](#): > > Is this correct? Or can Org-Roam link to specific sections of a Org-Roam note file? A node in Org-roam is a file **or** a headline (the section you start with a “star” or asterisk, “\*”). You just need to add an ID to them. A headline is a part within a file. Org-roam does not store any other elements within an Org file to the cache database. If you do not need a backlink, there are other elements Org (the package that Org-roam builts on) can link to. For a quick guide, this [manual page](https://orgmode.org/guide/Hyperlinks.html) will be useful. There are many more link types that third-party packages (plug-ins) add, though they may not work with Org-roam’s backlinks. ---
**Author:** ![nobiot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/nobiot/32/159_2.png) [@nobiot](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/nobiot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/does-org-roam-have-logseq-style-block-references/3265/3 "2023-10-29T09:24:44Z")
For the definition of node in Org-roam, refer to 5.1 The Org-roam Node in the [Org-roam user manual](https://www.orgroam.com/manual.html#Getting-Started). You can see an example and how the ID gets added to a headline. ---
**Author:** ![AuroraDraco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@AuroraDraco](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/AuroraDraco)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/does-org-roam-have-logseq-style-block-references/3265/4 "2023-11-03T08:33:35Z")
I am not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but from a previous discussion, I have this in my config which implements some logseq functionality: [https://github.com/Vidianos-Giannitsis/Dotfiles/blob/master/emacs/.emacs.d/libs/zettelkasten.org#logseq-like-tagging-functionality](https://github.com/Vidianos-Giannitsis/Dotfiles/blob/master/emacs/.emacs.d/libs/zettelkasten.org#logseq-like-tagging-functionality). Might be useful to you