Search Question

Christopher Easton

I have been trying to figure out the best way to search my Library for words that have been defined.

For example, how would I search for "Transcendence" and get every definition I have available in my library?

I have used Topic Guide. Seems like I should be able to get a list of definitions easier than this.

Any suggestions?

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Doc B

Any suggestions?

Here's one easy way:

(1) Create a Collection of your dictionaries (for this example, I created one called 'Dictionaries- Bible') and name it something you like. Here's mine, and the rule I used.

(2) Open the search window, choose a basic search, choose your collection you just created, and type "transcendence" in the search bar.

Here's what mine gave:

Doc B

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679328#Comment_679328

(1) Create a Collection

I should have added-

If you use this occasionally, it would be worth your time to tweak this collection to get some specific dictionaries you like in it, then when you run this search in the future, you'll be sure and hit resources that are key to you.

Dave Hooton

I have used Topic Guide. Seems like I should be able to get a list of definitions easier than this.

A Basic Search won't give you definitions whilst Topic guide will provide articles on Transcendance when you include a Collection of type:encyclopedia or type:concordance (bible dictionaries). you might also include type:dictionary to get a standard dictionary definition.

What is so difficult about Topic Guide?

SineNomine

I have used Topic Guide. Seems like I should be able to get a list of definitions easier than this.

When I want a definition of the word "Transcendence" or some other word in Verbum/Logos 6, I use the Look Up command. In the Command bar, I write "lookup <word>", e.g., "lookup transcendence" and wait a few seconds. It opens to my highest priority resource that includes a definition of that word and the parallel resources button shows me what other resources have definitions. The word "Transcendence" gives me a theological dictionary, Webster's, a Latin-English dictionary, and the Catholic Topical Index. "Lookup Jesus" gives me nine resources, "lookup God" gives me seventeen, and "lookup immanence" gives me three. Crucially, the lookup search finds entries in glossaries of monographs and other texts, not just in dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. "Lookup immanence" gave me an entry from the glossary of Jesus of Nazareth: Part Two: Holy Week: From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection, for example. The lookup search does sometimes find entries related to the term you search for, not just the exact term, e.g., my first result for "lookup Jesus" was an article titled "Jesus Christ" in a Bible dictionary, and one of my entries of "lookup transcendence" was "Transcendence of God".

Christopher Easton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679337#Comment_679337

What is so difficult about Topic Guide?

Topi Guide is nice but in the case of using a word like transcendence it uses the word yes, but it does not define it. The answers have all been VERY helpful THANKS!