TAG or COLLECTION?

P A

What is the difference between  Tag and Collection?

 

They do the same thing don't they?

 

 

P A

JT (alabama24)

P A said:

What is the difference between  Tag and Collection? They do the same thing don't they?

They are similar yes. One difference is that you can search a collection… you can't search a tag without creating a collection. 

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466443#Comment_466443

I can search my tags.

P A [:)]

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466452#Comment_466452

P A said:

I can search my tags.

Yes… but not this way:

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466472#Comment_466472

I can!

P A[:)]

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466502#Comment_466502

3858.search tag.docx

Todd Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466502#Comment_466502

Yep, you can search tags:

Differences:

• Collections can be built with rules which automatically pick up new matching resources.  Tags must be manually added.
• Collections can be exported and printed. Tags can't.
• Collections can be saved as a bibliography document. Tags can't.
• Collections can include other collections.  Tags can't.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466504#Comment_466504

Todd Phillips said:

Yep, you can search tags:

My bad. I'm having problems with that field populating (that is another thread)… but it is working now. [:)]

P A

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466507#Comment_466507

Thanks

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Rich DeRuiter

P A said:

What is the difference between  Tag and Collection?

 They do the same thing don't they?

 

You can create a single collection out of multiple tags. For example tag:spurgeon, tag:lloyd-jones, [etc.] (note that most of my Lloyd-Jones stuff is actually his sermons.

You could also create a single collection of all Greek language stuff by doing tag:greeklexicon, tag:greekgrammar, tag:nttheologicaldictionary, tag:greekbibles, [etc.]

You could tag everything two or three times as well and get the same end results.

The combination of tagging & collection building offers different strategies for both organizing one's library (for finding works in one's library) and searching within one's library with varying degrees of limitedness.

LimJK

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466521#Comment_466521

Hi,

just to add ... If you want Parallel Resources Set, you need a collection.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466578#Comment_466578

Thanks, P A!!

I thought for sure us 'taggers' were going to get beat up by the collection-ists.  

The search by tag surprised me.  I have driven through northern Alabama though.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466582#Comment_466582

DMB said:

I have driven through northern Alabama though.

Ever been to the "rocket city"? [;)]

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466628#Comment_466628

Have done work at Redstone. None that left planet earth though! Very beautiful area; quite relaxing.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/466646#Comment_466646

DMB said:

Have done work at Redstone.

My grandfather was XO there for a time. [:)]

DMB said:

Very beautiful area; quite relaxing

I spent every summer growing up there. I consider it a second home, but I'm afraid my visits will come much less frequently… my grandmother passed away late last year.