That kind of alchemy facility for consulting materials consists of floating glass spheres lined up against the wall and separated by frosted glass.
By inserting an alchemy card into the base below the floating glass sphere and placing one's hand on the sphere, a light screen will be projected onto the wall.
Rotating the glass sphere allows you to switch the images on the light screen.
This type of alchemy facility is called the "Alchemical Access Device," and is similar to a personal computer in the information civilization.
Noland Lee figured it out as he watched.
He found an unused Alchemical Access Device, inserted Fars Scott's alchemy card, and raised his hand to press on the floating glass sphere.
An operating interface appeared on the wall, written in the local language.
In lines of text, the interface listed all the available databases for access.
"Fission Wilderness Area: Common resource-based sage particles ownership, their creators, and related alchemy tasks"