Bug: Collections: Start with resources matching: brings up unexpected resources

Chris,

when you enter the terms like that, it finds all the resources that have those words in the title, author, subject, summary etc. fields.

When you would like just to search in the title, precede with title:.  If you would like a precise match, place the title word in inverted commas

title:"Word Biblical Commentary"

Todd Phillips said:

You have strange terms in your land. In our hemisphere, we call those "quotation marks".

Todd,

I lived in your land for a couple of years and never picked up on this (we can also say "quotation marks" but don't). I can't remember how many times I said something only to be greeted by a blank look before realising that I'd used an 'Australianism'. For example, I didn't know how many Americans never used the term "fortnight" until I used it in a homily.

Mind you, I was very happy the day a young woman behind the cash register at Costco or similar complimented me by saying, "You speak English very well." That made my day.

Chris Elford said:

I understand what you are saying, but if it is a default "OR" search, why doesn't it get every commentary and every book with "volume" in it? If I enter "commentary" (without any inverts--I didn't say hemisphere) I get 300 matches -- I'm dubious about some of them.

If it is a default "AND" search, why does it return the survey -- or why not all the Wiersbe "Be . . ." series?

It certainly doesn't appear very intuitive or user-friendly to have to enter "title:" -- where are all these search qualifiers listed?

When I did the "commentary" search, it returned R.H. Charles' "Apocrypha of the Old Testament" which is not a commentary, but in the resource info window says it is part of a series which includes a commentary. Seems to me, that the default search is far too broad. Especially since you have to scroll down all the way each time you select/delete a resource.

It is a default "AND", and like you said, it's a broader search than it appears. It will match on words found in any field, including the resource description.  The Old Testament Survey has the search words (Word Biblical Commentary Series) in the resource description (just not in that order).  If I put quotes around the words: "Word Biblical Commentary", I get all my WBC volumes plus Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel because that resource discusses a WBC volume in it's description.

I requested that they not search the description in this thread: http://community.logos.com/forums/p/1566/12195.aspx

Damian McGrath said:

Todd Phillips said:

in our hemisphere

You may also find a couple of other nations in your hemisphere who refer to them as "inverted commas"

yes, Apparrently they use Inverted commans in UK also ..  http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/learning/primary_worksheets/inverted_commas.pdf.. so its not just because where looking at them from down under that we call them something strange.