Maybe this addon helps you a bit:
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1...sOverview.html
It got no search box but maybe the author is interested in adding one as he already implemented a search box for the inventories too:
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info9...SearchBox.html
And one for the lore books/library:
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1...arySearch.html
Go over and ask as feature request:
http://www.esoui.com/downloads/info1....html#comments