On the SciXplorer.org main search page, in the upper left corner, select “Astrophysics” from the disciplinary dropdown menu.

When you select a discipline, certain features of the SciX interface will be tailored for your discipline. Most importantly, the astrophysics interface is the only one that offers the three tab ADS-like search bar that includes the Classic option. In addition, materials from collections associated with your discipline will be prioritized in your search results. You can change your disciplinary choice at any time.

On the main search page, from the central tabs above the search bar itself, select the leftmost “Classic Form” tab.

The SciX Classic form is almost identical to the ADS Classic Form tab. The Author and Object boxes are now full width and stacked above one another rather than half-width and side by side. The Publications menu is updated but provides the same functionality.Below the blue Submit query button, you will see the generated fielded query that you would have otherwise have typed into the main search bar on the Modern Form.

On the SciXplorer.org main search page, in the upper left corner, select “Astrophysics” from the disciplinary dropdown menu.

When you select a discipline, materials from collections associated with your discipline will be prioritized in your search results. In addition, other features of the SciX interface will be tailored for your discipline. For instance, when you have astrophysics selected, the SIMBAD Object and NED Object filters are visible on the left of the results view. When you have Earth science selected, those filters are hidden by default. You can change your disciplinary choice at any time.

ADS provided service to the heliophysics and planetary science communities on a best effort basis. SciX is fully committed to these disciplines. If your research falls in these categories, you may wish to select one of these instead. Although papers in these fields are still categorized as “astronomy” or “Earth science,” specialized collections for these disciplines are in development.

By default, SciX sorts your results by Relevance. ADS used Date. Although you can change the sorting order for every set of results based on what you need at that moment, you can also change your default sorting order. Relevance re-ranks your search results based on how well their metadata matches your request, for example: their collection, their refereed status, their document type, their recency, and their citation count.

If you would like to use publication date as your default ranking of search results: log into your SciX account using your existing ADS credentials. The SciX account menu is in the upper right of your window. By the way, your ADS libraries and notifications should be there unchanged. If you do not have an ADS account, you will need to create a SciX account to take advantage of personal settings plus you will be able to create libraries and notifications.

Select Settings from the Account dropdown menu.

Select Search from the User Preferences list on the left side menu.

The Default Sort dropdown menu is the first choice under Search Settings. Select Date from the choices available.

If you select a Date sort, you will probably also want to limit the collections searched. For maximum flexibility, you can do this by specifying which collections you would like to search as part of your individual queries or by applying a collections filter after viewing your results.

You can also limit the collections you see by default. These choices are at the bottom of the Search Settings. Selecting the Astronomy and Physics collections only will give you the most ADS-like experience. Because materials can belong to more than one collection, selecting a collection ensures that your results belong to that collection but not exclusively to that collection. After any search, you can remove the default collection filters to expand your results.

On the SciXplorer.org main search page, in the upper left corner, select “Astrophysics” from the disciplinary dropdown menu. That’s really all you have to do.

When you select a discipline, materials from collections associated with your discipline will be prioritized in your search results. In addition, other features of the SciX interface will be tailored for your discipline. For instance, when you have astrophysics selected, the SIMBAD Objects, NED Objects, and the UAT filters are visible on the left of the results view. When you have Earth science selected, those filters are hidden by default. You can change your disciplinary choice at any time.

ADS provided service to the heliophysics and planetary science communities on a best effort basis. SciX is fully committed to these disciplines. If your research falls in these categories, you may wish to select one of these instead. Although papers in these fields are still categorized as “astronomy” or “Earth science,” specialized collections for these disciplines are in development.

Be aware, SciX sorts your results by Relevance. ADS used Date. You can change the sorting order for every set of results based on what you need at that moment. Relevance re-ranks your search results based on how well their metadata matches your request, for example: their collection, their refereed status, their document type, their recency, and their citation count.

You can quickly limit your results by applying one or more collection filters. Selecting the Astronomy and Physics collections together will give you the most ADS-like experience. Because materials can belong to more than one collection, selecting a collection ensures that your results belong to that collection but not exclusively to that collection. Alternatively, you can also prefilter your results by adding the collections field to a query when you submit it.