With Parallel Resource Sets, Verbum organizes your resources according to their type, such as Bibles, dictionaries, commentaries, etc. This allows you to quickly access resources in your Library with a few keystrokes and read your passage or entry in each one of them. It is like having a research assistant open all of your Bibles to the same passage or all of your dictionaries to the same word. Continue reading to learn how to navigate the Parallel Resource Sets and how to create your own sets.
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Navigate Parallel Resource Sets
Navigate Parallel Resource Sets
1. View Parallel Resources
In your open resource, click its cover icon (next to the search bar) to view a list of resources of the same type. If you don’t see the cover icon, your Library does not contain resources that are parallel to your open resource.
For example:
If you have a Bible open to Genesis 1:5, clicking the cover icon displays all your Bible versions that contain Genesis 1:5. If you have a dictionary open to the entry for Pentecost, clicking the cover icon displays a list of all your dictionaries that contain an entry for Pentecost.
Note: The number of resources displayed varies because not every resource type contains an entry that matches the entry in your original open resource.
2. Open a Parallel Resource
Clicking a title in the drop-down list navigates directly to the same entry in the selected resource.
You can also open the passage or entry in a parallel resource by pressing the left and right arrow keys on your keyboard or in the resource panel to cycle through the parallel resources.
For example:
If you are reading an entry for Pentecost in a dictionary, you can read entries in other dictionaries by pressing the left or right arrow keys, or you can click the cover icon to see the complete list of resources that contain an entry for Pentecost and navigate directly to your choice by clicking the title.
Note: Sections of some resources, such as a commentary introduction, are not indexed for use with this feature. In these sections, the cover icon is not available.
Create Parallel Resource Sets
By default, the Parallel Resource Sets contain all the resources of that type. This means that when you have a Bible open, all your Bibles are part of the Parallel Resource Sets. However, you can create a set that contains your most-used translations.
Note: While the default Parallel Resource Sets are defined by type, you can also create a set that includes different types of resources (e.g. Bibles and commentaries).
1. Open the Collections Tool.
Click Tools and enter collections in the search bar. Select Collections.
2. Define your collection.
Give your Collection a distinct name (e.g. Replace Unnamed Collection with Top Bibles). In the Rule field, enter type:[Resource type] (no spaces). Drag and drop resources to the pane labeled + Plus these books. After selecting the resources you want to be included, delete the text from the Rule field. You can also drag and drop titles from an open Library panel. Check the box labeled Show in parallel books.
3. Select your collection as a Parallel Resource Set.
Open a resource that is the same type as your Collection. Click the cover icon and select your created Collection.
4. Navigate your custom Parallel Resource Sets.
You can select the Parallel Resource Set that you want to use by clicking on the name of the set. You will see a checkmark next to its name to confirm that it is the active set. With your Collection selected as the Parallel Resource Set, navigate between your chosen resources using the left and right arrows.
For example: Use the arrow keys to read Genesis 1:5 in each of your Top Bibles.
Learn more about Collections in Verbum.
Open the Collections Tool in Verbum.
Edit Parallel Resource Sets
To edit a Parallel Resource Set:
- Click the resource's cover icon.
- Right-click the Parallel Resource Set that you want to edit and select Edit [Collection name]. This opens the set in the Collections Tool.
- Add or remove resources from your set. Changes made to the Collection are automatically saved, which updates the Parallel Resource Set.
To remove a Parallel Resource Set:
- Click the resource's cover icon.
- Right-click the set you want to remove and select Remove Collection from list.
Note: This removes the Collection from the Parallel Resource Sets but does not delete it. To delete the entire Collection, open the Collections Tool. Select Open and right-click the Collection you want to delete and select Delete.