Hello all, I am starting seminary and wanted to reach out to see if anyone had time to chat with me about you guys leveraged logos and writing papers. Please let me know if anyone is available to chat. Thanks in advance.
Jerry, I used Logos extensively throughout my seminary studies for my master's degree and D.Min. Honestly, I bought all the textbooks I could through Logos for my master's, and then for my D.Min., they were provided through Logos. Overall, I would say that Logos Bible Software, during my Master's Degree, saved me at least 10-15 hours a week on average.
First, if you don't already know, learn to use Logos. Experiment with features, including layouts, inline searches, and highlighting palettes. Leverage all of the features that Logos has.
Regarding Logos, that's all I can think of off the top of my head. However, alongside Logos, for citations, footnotes, and bibliographies, I used Zotero (download page here). It's a free library sorting and citation software that I enjoy. You can create a collection in Logos of all your books and resources, and export it into a file to import it into Zotero. Here's an old video on how to do that.
Once you have Zotero set up, you can download different citation styles (click here for a video on how to do that) and make collections of resources you use to track what you do for each paper. It then allows you to make quick bibliographies. Don't forget to install the Microsoft Word extension, which allows you to use Zotero from within Word to make footnotes and Bibliographies (here's a video on that). Be careful, as the footnotes sometimes are missing an indention, depending on which style you are using. (When you launch Zotero, it should give you a prompt about installing the word processor extensions).
In the end, take the time to figure out a system that works for you for note-taking and keeping track of everything, refining it as you go. I know that Logos does to citations, footnotes, and Bibliographies; however, the advantage, in my opinion, of using Zotero is that it can also collect book information for physical books to make citations, footnotes, and/or bibliographies.
I hope this helps.
-Jonathan
@Jonathan Bradley thank you so much for this. How can I reach out to you? This is the information I need. I don’t know how to direct message on here.
I hesitate to put my email on here. Do you have an account on faithlife.com ? It's the quasi social media site for Faithlife/Logos. If you do, try to find me on there where you can direct message and I'll send you my email.
I am. I tried finding you but it just shows that you are in some groups. I can't find your profile. Here is my email. thepreacher29@yahoo.com.
I just emailed you.
I'm willing to chat if you need another perspective.
I echo much of what Jonathan said. But my approach, goals, and experience are probably different. If you're interested, just let me know how I can reach you and when.
Lew
Lew, please reach out. My email is in the previous reply.
Yeah, I see that now. 😯
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