Abstract
How does one access astronomical surveys? We have moved from clay tablets in the Babylonian era, though handwritten manuscripts, printed books, photographic prints, and CD-ROMS, which, for a while in the 1990s, were distributed to subscribers of professional journals. In recent years, surveys have become so large and the internet has become so accessible that large surveys are no longer disseminated in a complete form. Astronomers use software tools to access the data they are interested in and download it from large servers devoted to the task. Any astronomer, including amateurs, who is willing to learn how to use the necessary software search tools may access these sites and download data from them.
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