Building a Collection

I want to build a Collection from books in my Library that deal with The Life of Christ. In my library I have several books with the title Life Of Christ and other books which have the subject of The Life of Christ. I want to build collection for those books, Have tried many options but can't get it.

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Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

Subj:"Life of Christ" OR Title:"Life of Christ"

Keep Smiling [:)]

Bill Shewmaker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183781#Comment_1183781

I found this one somewhere along the line that has helped me:

title:"Life of Christ" OR subject:"Christ" OR mytag:"life of Christ" ANDNOT Christian OR topic:"Christ" ANDNOT Christian

Ted Harms

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183811#Comment_1183811

These are great suggestions. When searching with Logos the result are good when done right but how figure out the filters are very difficult for me. Wish it was simpler than it is. But thanks so much for your help

DAL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183818#Comment_1183818

Just don’t build too many collections or it will slow down your machine 👌

SteveF

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183819#Comment_1183819

it will slow down your machine

Has anyone ever calculated the "optimum" # of Collections.

i.e. "How many" is "too many"? OR "acceptable "range" of #'s?

Thanks

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183859#Comment_1183859

it will slow down your machine

Has anyone ever calculated the "optimum" # of Collections.

i.e. "How many" is "too many"? OR "acceptable "range" of #'s?

This thread was interesting ... especially when Armin deleted a bunch of collections for no benefit. Advised saving them first. Later in the thread, Bradley explained the challenges of collection queries in visual filters .... surprising.

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/190721/1100428.aspx?ssi=0

But earlier, a mystified Logosian with over 500 collections, was advised by Bradley ... that's too many. But on further review (user logs), he retracted that.

So, probabably a lot might be ok, but too many might not be ok.

Maybe someone knows.

SteveF

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183863#Comment_1183863

But earlier, a mystified Logosian with over 500 collections, was advised by Bradley ... that's too many. But on further review (user logs), he retracted that.

DMB, Thank you

Mine are in the mid-400's so I guess then I am O.K?

I will read through that thread

Thanks so much

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183863#Comment_1183863

it will slow down your machine

Has anyone ever calculated the "optimum" # of Collections.

i.e. "How many" is "too many"? OR "acceptable "range" of #'s?

This thread was interesting ... especially when Armin deleted a bunch of collections for no benefit. Advised saving them first. Later in the thread, Bradley explained the challenges of collection queries in visual filters .... surprising.

https://community.logos.com/forums/p/190721/1100428.aspx?ssi=0

But earlier, a mystified Logosian with over 500 collections, was advised by Bradley ... that's too many. But on further review (user logs), he retracted that.

So, probabably a lot might be ok, but too many might not be ok.

Maybe someone knows.

Heuristics are the best we can come up with, so here are mine:

don't use a Collection if you have a tag or series for the resources ---> tags and series are recognised in Passage Guide and Searches e.g. mytag:Background-Commentary, mytag:Apologetics, series:myOT-NT-Lexicon
don't use a Collection if the type will suffice ---> you can enter type:grammar in a Search
if you are familiar & confident with Subjects use it in a Search e.g. subj:fathers will give you the Nicene and Apostolic Fathers.
if you have a collection with a short rule you can remember (for a Search), delete it!
use the flexibility of Search Fields to advantage e.g. mytag:(Notes, Background, Textual) instead of mytag:Notes OR mytag:Background OR mytag:Textual; and series:Tyndale will find multiple series with "Tyndale" in the name.
for really complicated rules to use in Passage Guide import/use collections that use the Extension Syntax defined in the Library wiki (above).

SteveF

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1183882#Comment_1183882

Heuristics are the best we can come up with, so here are mine:

Thanks Dave

I have started to re-write mine.

This is VERY helpful.