Ability to list all books referenced in a book e.g. The Faithlife Study Bible

MJ. Smith
MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,783
edited March 16 in English Feedback

See Resource Collection Unlocking All Linked FSB Resources? — Logos Community for inspiration.

Give us the ability to see a list of all books/resources referenced by The Faithlife Study Bible and the ability to indicate if the resource is owned; if the resource is electronic or paper; if a different edition is owned. Where applicable, add a link to unowned resources available in Logos.

Other system resources such as the Lexham Survey of Theology, Lexham Methods series, and the various manuals and glossaries supporting the tools should have similar lists of books.

Updates should preserve the ownership data.

This should allow us to target our purchases in a way that helps us to learn to use Logos more effectively. It should also guide us towards reading the information already in our library to minimize our misunderstanding/abuse of the data.

Note: For research it would be useful to be able to do this for any Logos book but that is not my suggestion because I don't believe the required data infrastructure is there yet.

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."

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  • NichtnurBibelleser
    NichtnurBibelleser Member Posts: 507 ✭✭✭

    For research it would be useful to be able to do this for any Logos book

    That would be awesome. But as stated in multiple occasions (e.g. here and here), a lot of (mainly German) resources aren't linked with other works available in Logos.

  • Beloved Amodeo
    Beloved Amodeo Member Posts: 4,203 ✭✭✭
    edited March 16

    This suggestion encourages sales and builds our knowledge base. I am in support.

    Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.

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  • Solomon King
    Solomon King Member Posts: 11 ✭✭

    @MJ. Smith, would you mind clarifying this part?

    It should also guide us towards reading the information already in our library to minimize our misunderstanding/abuse of the data.

    Sorry, I wasn't able to understand that bit. What does an abuse or misunderstanding of the data look like? As far as guiding us to information already in our libraries, does that mean linking more commonly owned resources? Or individualized links that depend on what is already in our libraries, on a per-user basis? (I might just be misunderstanding since I'm sort of a novice here.)

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 54,783

    The most common example in the forums is assuming that the morphological category nominative is the same as the grammatical category subject is the same as the semantic role of agent. So, they search on nominative and use the results as if they searched on agent. In other words, anything that brings explanatory material to our attention helps combat misunderstanding/abuse. Not mentioned was that it also helps us be skeptical of Logos coding - in a good way. An example of why skepticism is required came up in the forums today:

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    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."

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