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Contents:
1 -
Overview
1.1 - What is the ADS?
1.1.1 - Use of the ADS
1.1.2 - User Privacy
1.1.2.1 - Server Logs
1.1.2.2 - Cookies
1.1.2.3 - Future Changes
1.2 - About the Data in the ADS
1.2.1 - Origin
1.2.2 - Coverage
1.2.3 - Bibliographic Identifiers
1.3 - Updates
1.4 - Acknowledgments
2 -
How to Search
2.1 - Basic Query Form
2.1.1 - General Search Hints
2.1.2 - Year Range Searching
2.1.3 - Author Search
2.1.4 - Phrase Search
2.1.5 - Identifier Search
2.1.6 - Basic Search Plugin
2.2 - Abstract Query Form
2.2.1 - Introduction
2.2.1.1 - Synonyms
2.2.1.2 - Stop Words
2.2.1.3 - Search Word Translations
2.2.1.4 - Phrase Searches
2.2.1.5 - Wildcard Searches
2.2.2 - Search Fields
2.2.2.1 - Authors
2.2.2.2 - SIMBAD/NED/ADS Object Names/Position
2.2.2.3 - Publication Date
2.2.2.4 - Title
2.2.2.5 - Abstract Text
2.2.2.6 - Number of Abstracts to Return
2.2.3 - Filters
2.2.3.1 - Entry Date
2.2.3.2 - Minimum Score
2.2.3.3 - Select References From
2.2.3.4 - Select References With
2.2.3.5 - Select References From Group
2.2.4 - Sorting
2.2.4.1 - Sort by Score
2.2.4.2 - Sort by Normalized Score
2.2.4.3 - Sort by Citation Count
2.2.4.4 - Sort by Normalized Citation Count
2.2.4.5 - Sort by First Author Name
2.2.4.6 - Sort by Date (most Recent First)
2.2.4.7 - Sort by Date (oldest First)
2.2.4.8 - Sort by Entry Date
2.2.5 - Settings
2.2.5.1 - Require Field For Selection
2.2.5.2 - Synonym Replacement
2.2.5.3 - Relative Weights
2.2.5.4 - Use For Weighting
2.2.5.5 - Weighted Scoring
2.2.5.6 - Example
2.2.6 - Saving Queries
2.2.7 - Query Logic
2.2.7.1 - OR Queries
2.2.7.2 - AND Queries
2.2.7.3 - Simple Logic Queries
2.2.7.4 - Full Boolean Queries
2.3 - The Experimental Topic Search Interface
2.3.1 - Keyword Searches
2.3.2 - Subject Area Searches
2.4 - Searching by Reference Information
2.4.1 - Searching by Journal/Volume/Page
2.4.2 - Searching by Reference
2.4.3 - Searching by Bibcode
2.5 - Current/Unread Journals
2.5.1 - Current Journals
2.5.2 - Unread Journals
2.6 - Searching for Scanned Journals/Proceedings
2.7 - Searching Lists of Terms and Authors
2.7.1 - Exact Author Query Form
2.7.2 - Abstract Service List Query
2.7.3 - Object List Query
2.8 - Searching the ADS by Email
2.8.1 - Command Interface
2.8.2 - HTML Forms Interface
2.8.3 - Email Article Retrieval
2.9 - What's New Service
3 -
Understanding the Results
3.1 - Short Reference Display
3.1.1 - Bibliographic Code
3.1.2 - Score
3.1.3 - Date
3.1.4 - List of Links
3.1.5 - Accessing External Links
3.1.5.1 - Astrophysical Journal
3.1.5.2 - Astronomical Journal
3.1.5.3 - Astronomy & Astrophysics
3.1.5.4 - New Astronomy
3.1.5.5 - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
3.1.5.6 - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
3.1.5.7 - SIMBAD
3.1.5.8 - NED
3.1.6 - Authors
3.1.7 - Title
3.1.8 - Results Formatting Options
3.1.8.1 - Formatting Options
3.1.8.2 - Destination
3.1.8.3 - Sort Options
3.1.9 - Adding Articles to Private Library
3.1.10 - Second Order Operators
3.1.11 - RSS Feeds
3.2 - Full Record (Abstract Display)
3.2.1 - Find Similar Abstracts
3.3 - References and Citations Completeness
3.4 - References and Citations From ArXiv Preprints
4 -
User Accounts and Preferences
4.1 - Changing Your Preferences
4.2 - Abstract Service Preferences
4.2.1 - General Preferences
4.2.2 - Specifying A Proxy Server
4.2.3 - Selecting Mirror Sites
4.2.4 - Selecting the Look of Returned Pages
4.2.5 - Reference Formatting
4.2.6 - Customizing the Table of Contents Page
4.3 - Printing/Article Service Preferences
4.4 - Library Links Settings
4.4.1 - Library Link Server Detection and Customization
5 -
Scanned Literature
5.1 - Full-text Data Holdings
5.2 - Browsing Full-text Articles
5.3 - Retrieving Full-text Articles
5.3.1 - Document Formats
5.3.2 - Retrieval Options
5.3.3 - Advanced Features
5.3.3.1 - Enabling Document Compression
5.3.3.2 - Automatic Printing of Articles
5.3.4 - Troubleshooting
5.4 - Dexter
5.4.1 - Basic Usage
5.4.2 - Advanced Features
5.4.2.1 - Pointer Coordinates
5.4.2.2 - Zoom
5.4.2.3 - Magnifying Glass
5.4.2.4 - Error Bars
5.4.2.5 - Recognizers
5.4.2.6 - Additional Information
5.5 - Acknowledgments
6 -
Other ADS Features
6.1 - Private Library
6.2 - User Feedback
6.2.1 - User Comments
6.2.2 - Abstract Submission
6.2.3 - Abstract Correction
6.2.4 - Associated References
6.2.5 - Author Comments
6.2.6 - Missing Journals
6.3 - Direct Access to ADS Data Holdings
6.3.1 - Generating and Verifying Bibcodes
6.3.2 - Abstract Links
6.3.3 - Scanned Article Links
6.3.4 - Embedded Queries
6.3.5 - Perl Script Access
6.3.6 - Z39.50 Access
6.4 - Instructions to Conference Proceedings Editors
6.4.1 - Submitting Bibliographic Records for the ADS Abstract Service
6.4.2 - Including Full-text Papers in the ADS
6.4.3 - Archiving Conference Proceedings in the ADS
6.5 - The ADS Tagged Format
6.5.1 - Fields in the Tagged Format
6.5.1.1 - Bibliographic Code:
6.5.1.1.1 - Author List
6.5.1.1.2 - Review Authors
6.5.1.1.3 - Book Authors
6.5.1.1.4 - Author Affiliation
6.5.1.1.5 - Journal Name
6.5.1.1.6 - Journal Volume
6.5.1.1.7 - Publication Date
6.5.1.1.8 - First Page of Article
6.5.1.1.9 - Last Page of Article
6.5.1.1.10 - Title
6.5.1.1.11 - Object Name
6.5.1.1.12 - Subject Category
6.5.1.1.13 - Origin of the Article in the ADS.
6.5.1.1.14 - Score From the ADS Query
6.5.1.1.15 - Abstract Copyright
6.5.1.1.16 - URL for Electronic Document
6.5.1.1.17 - Electronic Data Table
6.5.1.1.18 - Links to Other Information
6.5.1.1.19 - Keywords
6.5.1.1.20 - Language
6.5.1.1.21 - Comment
6.5.1.1.22 - Database
6.5.1.1.23 - DOI
6.5.1.1.24 - Abstract
6.5.1.1.25 - References
6.5.1.2 - Examples of Records in Tagged Format
6.6 - Miscellaneous Items
6.6.1 - A Few Helpful Hints
6.7 - The ADS Custom Format
6.8 - Output Field Specifiers
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