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Database quick guides: ADS Astrophysics Data System

Quick references of the most central databases in the University of Oulu

ADS Astrophysics Data System

[ADS]

SAO/NASA ADS Abstract Service   EXAMPLES

Finding variations of a word





 

Stemming

Searches singular, plural, conjugation, and inflection forms automatically.

Text written in capitals is searched as abbreviations.

Equation mark (=) in front of a word -> Only the written form is searched.
 

In ADS Classic, synonym replacement can also be turned off from Settings.  

 

 

acceleration finds accleration, accelerate, accelerated

 

=accelerate

 

Truncation and wildcards

* 0–n characters, cannot be used in the middle of a word

? replaces one character

  
Phrases

Phrase in quotation marks

For example, also “phrasal.verbs” or “phrasal_verbs” are functional forms.

These will search only two-word phrases; if there are more words, they will be combined and searched in two-word sets.

No truncation inside phrases!

"galactic rotation"

 

"nuclear magnetic resonance"

 

 
Operators

 AND (+), OR, NOT (-)

Without phrase symbols, operator AND is put between two words as a default option.

 

(redshift or survey) and not galaxy

+contact +binaries -eclipsing
Tips

The search field can be chosen from above the search box or by writing it in the search field. There is also a full text search.

In ADS Classic Search different search fields have their own search boxes. Options, such as the different ways to stress and sort the search results, are at the bottom of the search page.
 
Links to other user interfaces ADS Abstract Service