Logos 4 is a wonderful piece of software that is unfortunately missing one or two important features, including a bibliographic report. However, help is at hand! This site will generate a bibliographic report for you. There are several simple steps:
- Register as a user on this website, then log-in.
- Upload your library catalogue. This is a special file generated by Logos 4 which contains a database of your library. Each book adds around 10kb to this file, so if you have 1,000 resources the file will be around 10Mb. A 10Mb file could take around 7 minutes to upload, depending on your connection speed.
- Choose your options, then generate the report. You can sort by author or title. Five styles are available:
- Table: A table with the columns: cover image, title, authors, publisher, year. Various size options are available for the cover image.
- Shelves:Displays your books on library shelves.
- Popularity Report:Displays not just your books, but almost all of the other Logos books that are available, showing which are the most popular.
- Titles only: A simple list of just the titles.
- APA: Similar to the bibliographic presentation required by the APA.
- BibTex: A bibliographic database format, which you may be able to import into other applications like Zotero.
- Save or print the report from your web-browser.
Limitations: Because this is a hack, and not something officially supported, you cannot access all the data you may want. Missing are ISBNs, volume numbers, and the publisher's location.
#1 by dmcourtn on 10 January, 2010 - 4:12 pm
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I received the following error after uploading my p4f file:
Fatal error: Class ‘PDO’ not found in /home/blog/public_html/wp-content/plugins/logosbib/index.php on line 235
best,
Dale
#2 by Mark Barnes on 11 January, 2010 - 3:23 pm
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This problem should be fixed now.
#3 by gmv on 27 January, 2010 - 1:43 am
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Brilliant! Thanks so much!
#4 by Rev Pask on 2 February, 2010 - 2:28 am
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I just received my upgrade to Logos 4 Platinum so am a “newby” to this version. In the above note, you mentioned: “2.Upload your library catalogue. This is a special file generated by Logos 4 which contains a database of your library” How do I obtain that file? A search of the help utility in Logos 4 did not show any results. I loved the Bibliographic report in Libronix 3.
Thanks, Yours in the Epiphany Christ
Rev.Wayne Pask
#5 by Barry Wingfield on 3 February, 2010 - 5:32 pm
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“Click the Browse button below” … where is this button?
#6 by Mark Barnes on 8 February, 2010 - 11:02 am
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@Rev Pask: Once you’ve registered and logged in, you get more detailed instructions.
@Barry Wingfield: The Browse button should appear immediately below the instructions. No-one else has reported any issues with this. If you still can’t see it, let me know what browser you have.
#7 by Aileen on 19 August, 2011 - 12:12 pm
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Way to use the internet to help pelope solve problems!
#8 by jdgarber on 12 February, 2010 - 5:06 am
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Hi, When I click the browse button and a window opens and I paste in the “%appdata%\..\local\Logos4\Data” – I get an error message that says the “path does not exist, please check path and try again” What folder in windows do I need to be in?
I am using Parallels for MAC.
Thanks
#9 by James Schafer on 18 March, 2010 - 2:39 pm
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Is there a problem with your site, or have you reached the limit of subscribers. I attempted to register and got this message
User registration is currently not allowed.
Thanks for all your help. I have thoroughly enjoyed your video’s, they have been extremely helpful.
BroJames
#10 by Mark Barnes on 21 March, 2010 - 5:43 pm
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James – sorry about that – it should be fixed now.
#11 by jdgarber on 22 March, 2010 - 7:51 pm
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If anyone else has this problem, just locate the file on your MAC in “Library:Application Support:Logos4:Data::catalog.db”
#12 by Theresa on 20 August, 2011 - 2:41 pm
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Fianlly! This is just what I was looking for.