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 Nielsen on 12 April, 2010 - 6:28 pm
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Thank you so much. This is an awesome tool. Actually I was dreaming to do something similar one day. But as I have so much project prior to that I did not have the time develop anything. You have done it and it is a really, really nice. God bless you brother!
#2 by drjj on 13 April, 2010 - 7:53 am
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Mark,
Awesome! This is great! Thank you!
Question: how difficult would it be to list the Library Shelf view in a topical order. Specifically, I think it would be great to start with all the Old Testament Commentaries, then New Testament Commentaries, etc. Probably next most important is the Theology books, to have some order for those (or at least grouped), then throw all the journals in one place, all the Greek and Hebrew language tools together. This would be an incredible way to browse one’s library!
Your thoughts?
Once again, thank you for this marvelous tool. Logos should integrate it!
JJ
#3 by L. Allan Fletchall on 17 April, 2010 - 3:09 am
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I have tried to register as a user, I have not received a password. I would love to load your bibliographic report.
I sure appreciate your posts, they are a great help for me. I am fairly new to Logos 4.
thanx
#4 by Deb_B on 20 April, 2010 - 6:11 pm
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Thank you, Mark, ’tis greatly appreciated! – D
#5 by gpfarah on 5 May, 2010 - 2:03 am
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So I was hoping I’d figure out this certainly obvious answer but am forced to embarrass myself and ask the following: your 2nd bullet instructs us to “click the browse button below.” Below what? Where should I be looking?
thanks for your help. Hope you had a good laugh!
#6 by Nelson Wellington on 24 May, 2010 - 3:38 pm
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Thanks Mark, this is unbelievable and awesome! Never seen anything like this. I am so thrilled by this tool especially the part that I can actually see all my books on shelves. I can click on any book and Logos 4 opens it up. Fantastic!
Thanks again for your sustained and continuous graciousness in reaching out to the community with your gift of knowledge. God bless you.
#7 by barry.wingfield on 24 May, 2010 - 3:50 pm
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Has anyone seen an answer to this question:
gpfarah says:
5 May, 2010 at 2:03 am
So I was hoping I’d figure out this certainly obvious answer but am forced to embarrass myself and ask the following: your 2nd bullet instructs us to “click the browse button below.” Below what? Where should I be looking?
thanks for your help.
#8 by nicky on 24 May, 2010 - 5:52 pm
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Great fun! Can I open it with a shortcut from inside Logos4? If so, how? My efforts have been unsuccessful!
#9 by David Charles on 30 May, 2010 - 1:04 pm
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Thank you! Is this possible with Logos 3 as well?
#10 by James Schafer on 31 May, 2010 - 4:28 pm
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Thanks Mark, this is so neat. Is the file on my computer, or is it stored on your server? BTW, have not seen the answer to whether or not we can open this from within Logos4.