%0 Journal Article %T A spatial user interface to the astronomical literature %+ Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS) %A Lesteven, Soizick %A Murtagh, F. %A Poinçot, P. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0365-0138 %J Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series %I EDP Sciences %V 130 %N 1 %P 183-191 %8 1998-05 %D 1998 %Z 1998A&AS..130..183P %R 10.1051/aas:1998220 %K astronomical databases %K miscellaneouspublications %K bibliography -techniques %K miscellaneous %Z Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]Journal articles %X We recall the properties of the Kohonen self-organizing feature map (SOM or SOFM), and explain how such maps can be used for information retrieval. We present an application to a bibliographic database. Our neural net can contain more than one level when necessary, which allows users to modify its spatial configuration. It is available for interactive use on the World-Wide Web (http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/A+A/map.pl). The interface that we have designed for browsing in the documentary database will be explained in detail. %G English %2 https://insu.hal.science/insu-02889427/document %2 https://insu.hal.science/insu-02889427/file/ds1464.pdf %L insu-02889427 %U https://insu.hal.science/insu-02889427 %~ INSU %~ CNRS %~ UNIV-STRASBG %~ SITE-ALSACE