Editing Astrophysics Data System (section)

{{short description|Digital library portal operated by the Smithsonian}}
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{{infobox bibliographic database
| title       = SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
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| producer    = [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]] for the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]]
| country     = United States
| history     = 1992 to present
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| cost        = Free
| disciplines = [[Astronomy]] and [[physics]]
| depth       = Index & abstract & full-text
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| geospatial  = Worldwide
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The '''SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System''' ('''ADS''') is a [[digital library]] portal for researchers on [[astronomy]] and [[physics]], operated for [[NASA]] by the [[Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory]]. ADS maintains three bibliographic collections containing over 15 million records, including all [[arXiv]] e-prints.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About ADS |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/about/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ui.adsabs.harvard.edu}}</ref> Abstracts and full-text of major astronomy and physics publications are indexed and searchable through the portal.