Old Feature Library Searcher

Christian Alexander
Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

My pastor friend told me in Logos 3 days there was a feature called Library Searcher. It was more advanced and he commented that it acted like AI does presently but instead used your previous searching to determine resources. I do not know about it. He said it was good for doing research and footnoting in papers. What is this old feature called now and how do I access it? I have only been with Logos since Logos 7 or 8, cannot remember. 

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,440

    Christian Alexander said:

    it acted like AI does presently

    Either he misunderstands AI or he misremembers the feature.

    Christian Alexander said:

    What is this old feature called now and how do I access it?

    You don't. Logos 4 (2004? 2009) was essentially a complete rewrite from the users' perspective.

    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."

  • Graham Criddle
    Graham Criddle MVP Posts: 32,638
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1300106#Comment_1300106

    MJ. Smith said:

    Logos 4 (2004?)

    I think it was later.

    I started using Logos in 2009 - and seem to remember that being the time of the switch from 3 to 4 (in that I installed 3 but never really used it)

  • Christian Alexander
    Christian Alexander Member Posts: 3,008 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1300106#Comment_1300106

    Thanks for clarifying MJ. I figured it would be obsolete. You are a blessing to the forumites. I hope you have a wonderful day. 

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 13,642 ✭✭✭

    I can't speak exactly to Libby's prowess.

    But I have the same in my own Bible software. Sub-searching. You can search the search.  Technically, you could just keep adding more search parameters to the original search. But doing quick sub-searchings, it's mentally faster.

    The other advantage (my software outputs results to xls spreadsheets), is the sub-searches can feed into the next column, indexed by the initial search. Quite powerful, especially language analysis.

    I know I sound like an empty-glass person, but Logos search designs (results display) are really abysmal, for being so fancy.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 11,969

    Christian Alexander said:

    My pastor friend told me in Logos 3 days there was a feature called Library Searcher. It was more advanced and he commented that it acted like AI does presently but instead used your previous searching to determine resources.

    I worked on Libronix DLS 3, but this name (and description) of the feature isn't ringing any bells. I'm not sure what Libronix feature he might have been thinking of.

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