Poll: How often do you use Factbook ❓

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,396
    Every day

    @xnman

    Just got to remember not to do the "right clicking" on a work in the bible and choose Factbook. lol

    No, you need to select lemma or person on the left side before clicking for Factbook. You ALWAYS have to check the left side tab before choosing the right side action.

    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."

  • David Taylor, Jr.
    David Taylor, Jr. Member Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭
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    It does have to do with factbook tags and whether a resource has had factbook tagging added to it or not.

  • Andrew Batishko
    Andrew Batishko Member, Administrator, Community Manager, Logos Employee Posts: 5,395

    I have found (or not found) items that I expect to be present in Factbook are not present. For example, I entered "Recollection" into Factbook and I received a good entry/definition from 

    The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 

    I was content and then I went down to the 'Books from Your Library' section and get no results.

    This is a misunderstanding of the purpose of the "From Your Library" section.

    Rather than showing a list of books that mention the subject on the page, this is showing a list of books that are predominantly about that subject. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church definitely would not qualify as such for the subject of "Recollection".

    I've noticed that the help file doesn't make this clear, and I asked for this to be updated.

    Andrew Batishko | Logos software developer

  • mab
    mab Member Posts: 3,060 ✭✭✭
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    The mind of man is the mill of God, not to grind chaff, but wheat. Thomas Manton | Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow. Richard Baxter

  • mab
    mab Member Posts: 3,060 ✭✭✭
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    I used it a little at first, but now that I see they are actively putting information and functionality into it, it makes sense to use it whenever you are beginning to trace names, places, and other background info. It's really like a relay switch to deep dive into your library.

    The mind of man is the mill of God, not to grind chaff, but wheat. Thomas Manton | Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow. Richard Baxter

  • Pendeta
    Pendeta Member Posts: 9 ✭✭
    edited December 11

    Thanks, good to know! I did find the search for topic at bottom of the factbook to be real helpful and it seems to do a much greater search string than my normal searches. It pulled 100's of article's etc fom a ton of my books even the Life and Times of the Messiah.

    So, I will be using the Factbook more often and using the search at the bottom of the Factbook.

    Thanks again!

  • Rob Bruce
    Rob Bruce Member Posts: 81 ✭✭
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    Every day

  • David Taylor, Jr.
    David Taylor, Jr. Member Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭
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    Yeah using the expanded search at the bottom of each entry can be extremely useful. Glad that helped.