ADS Labs - Supporting Information Discovery in Science Education
Edwin A. Henneken, Donna Thompson

TL;DR
ADS Labs provides a comprehensive digital library platform that enhances information discovery in astronomy, supporting both professional research and science education through advanced tools and extensive literature access.
Contribution
This paper introduces ADS Labs, a novel environment for astronomy literature discovery that integrates powerful exploration tools and historical literature for science education.
Findings
Over 17,000 links from Wikipedia to ADS content
ADS serves over 55,000 frequent users and 10 million infrequent users annually
Supports science education with rich literature and exploration tools
Abstract
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an open access digital library portal for researchers in astronomy and physics, operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) under a NASA grant, successfully serving the professional science community for two decades. Currently there are about 55,000 frequent users (100+ queries per year), and up to 10 million infrequent users per year. Access by the general public now accounts for about half of all ADS use, demonstrating the vast reach of the content in our databases. The visibility and use of content in the ADS can be measured by the fact that there are over 17,000 links from Wikipedia pages to ADS content, a figure comparable to the number of links that Wikipedia has to OCLCs WorldCat catalog. The ADS, through its holdings and innovative techniques available in ADS Labs (http://adslabs.org), offers an environment for…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation
