Searching Biblical World in Pictures
A question I am often asked is: What pictures of the Holy Land are available in the Libronix format? Currently the best resource is The Biblical World in Pictures containing hundreds of images that can be used in PowerPoint and presentation software like EasyWorship.
While the images are stunning, finding just the right one can be difficult. For example, let's say you're looking for an image related to Jericho. Since the book is not topically indexed it can't be searched with the Topic Browser. In addition, the book not only contains images, but also descriptions and explanations of the pictures. Thus, if you use the Basic Search to execute a word search for Jericho you'll receive over 700 hits! There are not 700 pictures of Jericho in the resource. You just located the word Jericho.
While there is no "easy" way to search just the images here is a way that is not too difficult. The extra steps will be rewarded with beautiful pictures.
- Open The Biblical World in Pictures (this resource is not in any Logos base collection and must be purchased separately)
- Choose Search | Basic Search
- Select The Biblical World in Pictures from the In drop down list
- Type this query in the Search box: "Complete List of Images" Jericho
- Click Search
The resource contains a page called Complete List of Images which lists by title all of the pictures in the book. This search query is performing an AND search looking for all of the articles containing both the phrase Complete List of Images and the word Jericho.
When the Search Results window opens click Aligned Hits in Context to list all of the hits. Click on each hit one at a time to go through the resource until you find the picture you want.
After you do this a time or two it will be very painless and quick.