Dataset References Help

The Dataset References page lists MAST database entries for observations referenced in a particular journal paper. The paper title, authors, and bibcode (with a link to the ADS paper), are shown at the top of the page. This is followed by the MAST search results as described below.

• For non-HST missions, the individual data sets described in the paper are listed, and listings for each mission are shown separately.
• For HST, data sets pertaining to referenced proposal IDs are listed, with data from each individual proposal ID shown separately.

In each case, the first 20 entries are shown along with a note stating if more were actually found. Each entry contains the same links and options as the standard mission search results. Clicking on the mission names will bring up the standard mission search form (with the data ids included) for more detailed search requests.

It should be noted that the determination of which data sets (or proposal IDs) are referenced in a paper is all done manually. Staff members scan the various journals, locate references to archived data, and create a database of bibcodes and data IDs. This information is then provided to the ADS for display with their online papers. To help automate this process, authors are encouraged to use the new ADS dataset Identifier notation whenever possible.