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Use of Astronomical Literature - A Report on Usage Patterns
Edwin A. Henneken, Michael J. Kurtz, Alberto Accomazzi +4
In this paper we present a number of metrics for usage of the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). Since the ADS is used by the entire astronomical community, these are indicat…
Finding Astronomical Communities Through Co-readership Analysis
Edwin A. Henneken, Michael J. Kurtz, Guenther Eichhorn +5
Whenever a large group of people are engaged in an activity, communities will form. The nature of these communities depends on the relationship considered. In the group of people w…
Paper to Screen: Processing Historical Scans in the ADS
Donna M. Thompson, Alberto Accomazzi, Guenther Eichhorn +5
The NASA Astrophysics Data System in conjunction with the Wolbach Library at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is working on a project to microfilm historical observa…
Data in the ADS -- Understanding How to Use it Better
Carolyn S. Grant, Alberto Accomazzi, Donna Thompson +4
The Smithsonian/NASA ADS Abstract Service contains a wealth of data for astronomers and librarians alike, yet the vast majority of usage consists of rudimentary searches. Hints on…
Full Text Searching in the Astrophysics Data System
Günther Eichhorn, Alberto Accomazzi, Carolyn S. Grant +4
The Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) provides a search system for the astronomy and physics scholarly literature. All major and many smaller astronomy journals that…
Creation and use of Citations in the ADS
Alberto Accomazzi, Gunther Eichhorn, Michael J. Kurtz +6
With over 20 million records, the ADS citation database is regularly used by researchers and librarians to measure the scientific impact of individuals, groups, and institutions. I…