Library search issue

Adding more resources to my library makes it harder to find what I am looking for. It seems to me that Library search does not work properly. I try to find "the context of the scripture" in my library in "All resources" by "Title". Here are my results:

somehow it did not make to the first page. It's under 25 books. The only way to place it on the top of the list was to sort it by "rank". Is it normal behavior. What is the point to sort by "title"

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MJ. Smith

I would try

title:"The Context of Scripture"

does that give you what you want?

Wild Eagle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796307#Comment_796307

it works this way, but why it doesn't work if I sort by "title". Should I always type in, what is the point to sort?

Wild Eagle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796308#Comment_796308

Update: it only works if I use parenthesis, then it doesn't matter how your library is sorted. Otherwise, I get poor results and it does not sorts properly.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

The only way to place it on the top of the list was to sort it by "rank". Is it normal behavior.

"Rank" means "how well the books match what you type in".

If you want the best hit to be at the top, then sort by rank.

What is the point to sort by "title"

Some people like to see the results always ordered consistently (by title), so this option is for them.

If you want the best results at the top, I'd recommend sticking with the "Rank" option.

MJ. Smith

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796310#Comment_796310

Update: it only works if I use parenthesis,

Yes, the quote marks are required. They say you are looking for that exact string ... the words in that order. Otherwise title: is associated only with the first word and the other words and requested as appearing anywhere in any order.

Phil Gons (Logos)

What is the point to sort by "title"

Title is a useful sort order for results that match the search query equally. For something like The Context of Scripture, the results will differ in the degree to which they match the query, and sorting by rank will be the most useful. For something like type:systematic, the results are either of that type or not. Sorting by rank won't be very useful in that case. One resource isn't more a systematic theology than another. It won't be able to put the most systematic theology at the top and the least systematic theology at the bottom. In this case, sorting by title (or by author) will prove to be a more useful approach.

To look at it another way, sorting by rank is preferable when you're looking for a particular resource. Sorting by title (or some other criterion) may be better when you're browsing a list of resources and don't have a particular title in mind.

Wild Eagle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796336#Comment_796336

Thank you Bradley and MJ Smith for your help. In this case I would like my library always search by "rank" by default because having so may books its impossible to member exact name. The problem is that I cant select "Rank" until I type in something. After that if I erase what I typed in, it switches back to my previous selection. In my case its back to "Title". If I start to type something again, it would automatically switch to "rank". I would like to keep it that way if I cant chose "Rank" by default. But the problem is that after restarting Logos, it doesnt switch automatically to "Rank". I have to select after each restart. Is that the way Logos is designed or its bug?

EDIT: thank you Phil as well, (Sorry I missed your name above).

Nathan Fowler

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/796423#Comment_796423

Any update here?

As soon as I type a new title into library search (before restarting), I have to click rank again.

I would like to have the option to sort by rank by default.