Logos Reading Lists gives JW information?

Can someone help me understand something that maybe I didn't know? The reading lists that come up... are they exclusive to Logos users, or when I type a search in, does it pull resources from outside of Logos. I am just wondering because I just came upon a ton of JW information under a search, and it wasn't until I clicked around a page that I even knew it was a JW site.

Find more posts tagged with

Comments

JT (alabama24)

Welcome to the forums Cynthia! [:)]

The reading lists that come up... are they exclusive to Logos users, or when I type a search in, does it pull resources from outside of Logos.

Reading lists are maintained by Logos users, who come from all sorts of theological and ecclesiastical backgrounds. HERE is an official page about reading lists.

[quote]Reading Lists are publically searchable lists of resources based on a specific topic or theme, created and maintained by other Logos users. They can be very useful whether you're looking for resources in your own library, looking for new resources to purchase, or just curious what resources other Logos users are using to research common topics. To view these lists, choose "Reading Lists" from the Tools menu.

I am just wondering because I just came upon a ton of JW information under a search, and it wasn't until I clicked around a page that I even knew it was a JW site.

What reading list? Do you have a screen shot?

Rick

Logos users create these lists and can add hyperlinks web web sites outside of Logos. M.J. Smith, as well as other regular contributors are especially gracious for her contributions.

Depending on the topic of the reading list you were using, it could have very well led you to an outside web site.

Cynthia Feenstra

I typed in "prophet" which gave me reading list of MJ Smith in which there were links to something called the "Bible Students Movement" and lots of JW Links.

Cynthia Feenstra

JT (alabama24)

there were links to something called the "Bible Students Movement" and lots of JW Links.

The "Bible Student Movement" was a forerunner to the JW's, so you would expect there to be links to JW sites. If someone wanted to learn about that movement, the best way is to read primary sources. If you are curious, you can read these Wikipedia links:

NB.Mick

The link to the Wikipedia article was in the Reading List page, but above the start of what is displayed in Logos 4/5. I changed this and updated the description a bit. I think this comes up under "prophet" sind the "apologetics" section contains an article about true and false prophecy.

Mark Barnes

I typed in "prophet" which gave me reading list of MJ Smith in which there were links to something called the "Bible Students Movement" and lots of JW Links.

The real problem here is that searching for "prophet" in reading list didn't provide relevant results. Just returning 10 reading lists that contain the word "prophet" is lame. There's nothing wrong with the Bible Students Movement reading list, but it shouldn't show up near the top of a search for "prophet" - particularly when there's a reading list called "The prophets".

In fact, even searching the Reading List tool for "The prophets" doesn't show the correct list. Something's definitely broken.

NB.Mick

The RL for "Prophet" is one of hundreds generated by "admin" some years ago and empty, thus excluded in the tool in L4/5 - you need to go through the website to check.

tom

The real problem here is that searching for "prophet" in reading list didn't provide relevant results. Just returning 10 reading lists that contain the word "prophet" is lame. There's nothing wrong with the Bible Students Movement reading list, but it shouldn't show up near the top of a search for "prophet" - particularly when there's a reading list called "The prophets".

In fact, even searching the Reading List tool for "The prophets" doesn't show the correct list. Something's definitely broken.

[Y] - Because I keep the internet off so that L5 is not so slow, I keep forgetting about this tool.