A Simple Trick for Finding Quotes in Your Logos Library

A Logos user recently emailed this question to me:

Do you have any blog posts on how to find quotes of Church Fathers? For example, if I know of a quote in a certain writing of Augustine, is there a way to find that particular writing?

I’m not sure if there’s a blog post about that or not, but there is now!

There are actually several ways to accomplish what this user wants, including creating smaller Collections within the Church Fathers Collection and Inline Searching, but I acquainted him with Quick Collections. This is an excellent trick if you want to make a temporary grouping of resources you’re not going to search frequently.

Try this:

  • Click the Search icon in the upper left of the program to open the Search panel
  • Select Basic as the search type (A)

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  • Click All Resources to search drop-down list (B)
  • Type a rule in the Find box such as: series:Fathers AND author:Augustine (This specific rule locates all the resources included a series with Fathers in the name and with books written by Augustine) (C)
  • Select from the drop-down list the grouping of resources matching the rule (D)

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  • Type a search query in the Find box (E)
  • Press the Enter key to generate the results
  • Notice the results are only from the resources in this Quick Collection (F)

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Please keep in mind this feature is called Quick Collections because the groupings of books are temporary and created on the fly. To create permanent collections make sure to go to Tools | Collections.

For more detailed information about rules, collections, and searching check out the Logos 6 Training Manual Volumes 1 & 2 Bundle or attend an upcoming Camp Logos in Baltimore, MD or Phoenix, AZ.

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Morris Proctor
 is a certified trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris, who has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos seminars, provides many training materials.

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Morris Proctor (1961–2023) was a certified trainer for Logos Bible Software and founder of MP Seminars. Morris trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos seminars, and his team continues to provide many training materials.

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