Reflector Magazine Searchable Archive
A searchable article and author index that turns decades of magazine PDFs into an accessible research collection.
Project Details
Hosted and maintained by Celestial Web Development.
The Astronomical League’s Reflector magazine archive contains decades of astronomy writing in PDF issues. This project transforms that collection into a useful discovery tool instead of leaving visitors to search one issue at a time.
Project highlights
- Automated collection and processing of historical PDF issues
- Article-boundary detection and structured metadata extraction
- Search by article title, author, issue, and topic
- Results linked back to the relevant source PDF
- Duplicate detection and corrections for complex article layouts
- Repeatable import workflow for future issues
The finished system combines document processing, search indexing, WordPress integration, and careful quality control to make a large publication archive far easier to explore.
Hosting & Maintenance
This website is also hosted and maintained by Celestial Web Development, giving the project one reliable source for development, updates, monitoring, performance, and long-term support.
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