The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Free Access to the Astronomical Literature On-line and through Email |
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| Authors: | Guenther Eichhorn Alberto Accomazzi Carolyn S Grant Michael J Kurtz Stephen S Murray |
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| Institution: | (1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, 02138 |
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| Abstract: | The Astrophysics Data System (ADS) provides access to the astronomical literature through the World Wide Web. It is a NASA
funded project and access to all the ADS services is free to everybody world-wide. The ADS Abstract Service allows the searching
of four databases with abstracts in Astronomy, Instrumentation, Physics/Geophysics, and the LANL Preprints with a total of
over 2.2 million references. The system also provides access to reference and citation information, links to on-line data,
electronic journal articles, and other on-line information. The ADS Article Service contains the full articles for most of
the astronomical literature back to volume 1. It contains the scanned pages of all the major journals (Astrophysical Journal,
Astronomical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Solar Physics), as
well as most smaller journals back to volume 1.The ADS can be accessed through any web browser without signup or login. Alternatively
an email interface is available that allows our users to execute queries via email and to retrieve scanned articles via email.
This might be interesting for users on slow or unreliable links, since the email system will retry sending information automatically
until the transfer is complete. There are now 9 mirror sites of the ADS available in different parts of the world to improve
access. The ADS is available at: http://ads.harvard.edu
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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