1. INTRODUCTION  
2. SURVEY DESCRIPTION  
3. DATA REDUCTION AND CALIBRATION  
3.1. Reduction Pipeline  
3.2. Calibration Procedures  
3.3. Pass-Band Central Wavelength (CWL) Calibration  
3.4. Photometric Calibration  
3.5. Data Quality  
4. SHARDS SCIENCE VERIFICATION: EMISSION-LINE GALAXIES  
4.1. ELGs at Intermediate Redshift  
4.2. ELGs at Very High Redshift  
5. SHARDS SCIENCE VERIFICATION: ABSORPTION SYSTEMS  
5.1. Study of Quiescent Massive Galaxies at High Redshift  
5.2. Estimating Stellar Population Properties from SED Synthesis Models  
5.3. Evaluation of the Stellar Population Synthesis Modeling with SHARDS Data  
5.4. Examples of the Stellar Population Synthesis Results Including SHARDS Data  
5.5. Goodness of the Fits  
5.6. Statistical Properties of the Sample and Systematics  
5.7. Global Picture of the Formation of Massive Galaxies at Redshift Approximately 1  
6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS