Does anyone know whether there are example collection rules for Introductions? I've had a quick look and can't see any.
I'm thinking specifically for books such as those listed under:
https://www.bestcommentaries.com/ot-introductions/ and
https://www.bestcommentaries.com/nt-introductions/
Thanks.
Good question. I'm not aware of any and I don't immediately see a creative way to make one (that means, something other than typing in all the authors or titles). These seem to be categorized several different ways in Logos.
This looks like a good place to start: https://community.logos.com/forums/p/124915/814861.aspx#814861
{SubjectGroup "Bible O.T.--Introductions", "Bible N.T.--Introductions"} is a pretty good start.
Doc B - Thanks for thinking about it.
Mark - Thanks for showing me the obvious. This is exactly what I wanted.
Randy - Thanks for pointing to that thread. It gives me some ideas of other ways to play, as I explore what else I may be interested in.
Because of a typo in at least one book's metadata, use the more flexible Subject:("Bible O.T.--Introductions", "Bible N.T.--Introductions")
Thanks, Dave.
Can you explain the difference between how the two rules work?
Here's the string I use: Subject:(Bible,Epistle) Subject:(Introductions,Textbooks)
Mark used a new search syntax that was added to Logos in order to speed up the building of collections. It is a bit less intuitive than the usual search syntax - and it only works through 1:1 matches including spelling etc.
Dave used the usual search syntax, which will strip out all non-alphabet characters and IIRC will match if the search string is identical to the beginning of the text in the index database.
When I run both against my library, Mark's will miss the NT Introduction by FW Farrar titled "The Messages of the Books" because the subject field contains "Bible. N.T--Introductions" i.e. missing the dot behind the T of N.T. which I assume is the typo Dave referred to.
Thanks, Dave. Can you explain the difference between how the two rules work?
Kiyah's use of Subject:(Bible,Epistle) Subject:(Introductions,Textbooks) illustrates the flexibility.
There will be a match as long as the Subject field in Library contains "Bible" OR "Epistle" together with "Introductions" OR "Textbooks". It illustrates that the original suggestion omits Bible--Introductions, which covers all bible books. From that point of view, you could just use:
Subject:Bible Subject:Introductions.
Thanks everyone. I now have what I need.
