Verbum 9 Tip 9q: Personal letters
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Personal Letters – reference form
From Verbum Help:[quote]
Personal Letters Section
This section lists personal letters related to the guide’s key reference or topic.
Note: some personal letters may not be displayed in the results because this section only returns resources that have been tagged as personal letters and some resources may be missing that tag. See Searchable Labels for more information.[1]
Prerequisite reading: none
Resources included:
The criterion for inclusion is the presence of a {Label Personal Letter} label. In my library, only 43 of the 130 resources of type:letters contain the label (33%). However, 348 resources contain the label. In other words, the letters are spread across many types of resources.
Use a search for {Label Personal Letter} against all resources should give you a complete list of letter-labeled resources in your library.
Section heading bar
The section heading bar contains no setting to limit the resources scanned nor does it provide for a save as bibliography option – only copy. Thus, it is a standard section heading bar with the expected preview/open of Verbum Help as its only variable feature:
Contents
The data is so sparse for letter labels with a Bible reference that some features of the contents may not be visible.
Content:
- Author with letter count
- Letter/article title
- Bible reference
Interactions on data
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Visual cue |
Data element |
Action |
Response |
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Arrowhead (triangle) |
Author with letter count |
Click |
Expand/contract the section below the heading |
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Blue text |
More |
Click |
Expand to see additional results |
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Blue text |
Letter title |
Mouse-over |
Opens standard letter preview popup.(1) |
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Click |
Opens the resource containing the letter to the beginning of the letter from title (1) |
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Right click |
Opens a Context Menu |
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Drag and drop |
Opens the resource containing the letter in the pane of the users’ choice to the beginning of the letter (1) |
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Blue text |
Bible reference |
Mouse-over |
Preview popup of the passage in your highest priority Bible containing the passage (2) |
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Click |
Opens the highest priority Bible to the designated passage in a new panel. (2) |
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Right click |
Opens a limited Context Menu. |
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Drag-and-drop |
Opens the highest priority Bible to the designated passage in a new panel in a pane of your choice. (2) |
(1) Letter preview and view
(2) Bible reference preview and view
Search
A search on the label will provide the same results as the guide. In this case the search argument is {Label Personal Letter WHERE References ~ <Gen-Rev>}.
Supplemental materials
none
[1] Verbum Help (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018).
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."