The Not-so-factual Factbook

So why can't Factbook do this?

Why can't a flour mill mill logs? The search is showing you places where the word "baptism" appears; Factbook is showing you books on the topic of baptism. Note there is a middle ground in which the search shows you text tagged as on the topic of baptism - the section rather than the entire book on the subject.

So why can't I reproduce it?

It depends upon what is in your library. I've added a screen shot from my application which may help clarify the situation. I have books meeting the necessary qualifications - their titles should help you see what sorts into which category.

Sorry my play on apples to oranges rubbed you the wrong way.  I assure you that "snarky" as used from the mid-90's on is outside my vocabulary and behavior.

to check to see if there should be results in Systematic Theologies from your library:

1. Open a search panel
2. Select the books tab For resources change all books to systematic theologies book type use the search argument LSTO:baptism run the search - the result should match what you have in the Factbook section
3. For resources change all books to systematic theologies book type
4. use the search argument LSTO:baptism
5. run the search - the result should match what you have in the Factbook section

If you open your library in detail view, you can click on type to sort the results and see what Systematic Theology books you have - these are the only books that will be considered by either the Search or the Factbook. If you have results in the Search but not in the Factbook you may have found a bug. Note that we are NOT looking for the word "baptism" we are looking for a Lexham Systematic Theology Ontology tag of baptism i.e. a section in a Systematic Theology book discussing the theology of baptism.

My other Factbook complaint (besides not wanting to be fed pre-digested 'facts'), is if you right-click a word that Factbook knows about, Factbook is  MIA.  Even Text Comparison can deduce more than that.  You have to open Factbook ... type in the word (or paste) and off you go.

I don't know how you manage to get it to not give results. After you have selected the tab on the left as to hat information you are talking about, are you clicking the Factbook option near the top on the right side? If there isn't a factbook option that means your selection for type of information on the left is not a type Factbook processes. From your description are you wanting lemma?

I thought we were talking about new users,

New users probably would not expect to go directly to Factbook when Factbook is not listed as a possible action. [:)] I agree with the OP that the training is problematic for those with minimal libraries and feature sets. If someone were to complain that the Logos value-added data appears to lack a data-model to encourage appropriate interconnectivity, I would agree. But, on the other hand, they seem serious about weed-whacking the bugs. I still want to see a turn towards the more experimental visual side of their earlier years and more integrated tools rather than a new tool for every situation.

Paul,

Yet you get results in your Systematic Theology section. I don't.

You need https://www.logos.com/product/166212/lexham-systematic-theology-ontology-dataset which would be cheaper than upgrading to the Silver Features. It will show the single ST book you get with Logos 9 Starter.

I have a bigger Library and also do not get any results in Books from your Library!

I think, but am not sure, that this requires an additional dataset - https://www.logos.com/product/183794/systematic-theology-cross-references-dataset -

This can be purchased at https://www.logos.com/product/53402/systematic-theology-cross-references-dataset

You can also purchase https://www.logos.com/product/56415/biblical-theology-cross-references-dataset  and each dataset has its own Theologies section in Passage Guide. Both are available in the Bronze Feature Upgrade.

I wonder why there are Systematic Theology topics in the Factbook at all if the user doesn't own the dataset to populate the Factbook entry.

The ST section does not appear in OP's screenshot, so it is consistent with not having the ST Ontology dataset.

OP is also missing a See also section because he lacks the necessary features/datasets.

Did these things come with Logos 9?

You have all the free features available in Logos 10. "Logos 9 Legacy Starter pack" -- I assume by "pack" you mean you purchased this Logos 9 Starter Legacy Library | Logos Bible Software which is library only and that you are running it on the current free version of Logos i.e. no paid features. I realize that Logos marketing is often confusing. Were you aware that you were only purchasing a library?

Wait, so I would have to pay $50 just to have Factbook link to a book I already own?

Yes, that would be rather silly, wouldn't it? But that is not what you are paying for. You are paying for having the resources screened so that you don't have to skim through every resource that has a particular word (think sequence of letters) but that you know the word is used in the sense that you are looking for and that it is actually the topic of the discussion not an occurrence of the word in passing. In my case, I had nearly 20,000 resources containing the word baptism, a little over 300 of which were on the topic of baptism, and only 100 of which were systematic theology discussions of baptism. That is what the $50 is for. You are correct that for a small library, it has little value and your credulity is justified. However, for a research library, paying for the screening (think natural language processing AI) is well worth the $50.