Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM)
ACM Digital Library Introductory Presentation
September 2014
The ACM is the world’s leading publisher of scientific and technical
information and conference organizer in the field of Computing
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ACM
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The world’s leading professional member organization in Computing
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Comprised of over 110,000 Academics, Practitioners, and Students from over 100 countries
around the world
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The world’s leading conference organizer in Computing with over 275 events annually,
contributing over 500 volumes of content to the ACM DL each year
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Active in Public Policy and Educational Curriculum Development
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Organizers and Sponsors of pre-eminent computing professional awards & academic honors,
such as the “Nobel Prize” in Computing….the A.M. Turing Award, funded by Google & Intel
Corporations (http://www.vimeo.com)
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Publishers of the computing world’s most respected publication program and most used
publication platform dedicated to the field of Computing
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ACM Publications Program
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ACM has one of the oldest and most established publication programs in the field, consisting
of a wide variety of publication types.
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ACM’s publications are highly ranked by the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports and
are generally considered the premier publications by the leaders of the computer science
community.
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Some of the most highly respected titles are the Journal of the ACM, Communications of the
ACM, ACM Computing Surveys, ACM Transactions on Graphics, and the SIGGRAPH
Conference Proceedings.
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Today, the program consists of 43 peer reviewed journals, 8 technical magazines, 500+
conference volumes annually, 37 technical newsletters, a new series of advanced level
research books and graduate level textbooks, and over 6,000 multimedia files
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ACM is highly selective in starting new publications, but on average launches 2-3 new
journals annually.
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Thomson Reuters JCR Rankings
Top Rankings in Computing Field
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ACM Digital Library Platform
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One of the world’s most used scholarly databases in Computing with 20,000,000+ full-text downloads in 2013
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The platform is owned, maintained, and hosted by ACM with unique features & functionality
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Full-text database contains 400,000 articles + Bibliographic database contains 2,200,000 bibliographic records
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Platform contains detailed Author, Institution, and Publication Analytics – Quick demo at end
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Remote Access Tool for end users now available – access from anywhere in the world
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2014 launched New Mobile Application for iPhone & Android
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ACM now exclusive supplier for ACM Computing Reviews database available at www.computingreviews.com
through partnership with ThinkLoud Inc.
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2014 launched New ACM Books series covering entire field of Computing! See http://books.acm.org
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Basic Search
Searching the Guide vs. the Full-Text
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On the Digital Library main page, type your word or phrase into the text box. The search engine will search on
each word individually as well as on the whole phrase. Put quotations (" ") around the phrase to search the exact
phrase.
To see a complete list of records in the DL just select the “search” tab without entering a search term.
To search the Guide users simply need to navigate to the main DL search page http://dl.acm.org
From this point users could either limit their search to only the full-text ACM content by selecting “Limit Your
Search to Publications from ACM and Affiliated Organizations” link or expand their search to include the Guide
content by selecting “Expand Your Search The ACM Guide to Computing Literature” link.
By selecting the Guide link users will see there are now over 2,000,000 records indexed in the database
By limiting a search to the full-text publications from the ACM and Affiliated Organizations users will see there are
now over 420,000 full-text records available in the DL
The full-text ACM content is designated by the blue ACM diamond icon appearing next to the publication title
In the full-text view there will be some publications that do not include the ACM diamond. These are the
publications by Affiliated Organizations.
Searching a specific term in the Guide will return both the full-text and citation content in the search results
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Advanced Search
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On the Advanced Search screen, use the fields provided to conduct your search based on specific criteria, such as
a key word or phrase, author, ISBN or ISSN. Customize your search by specifying month and year the item was
published; item type; or ACM Computing Classification (CCS) term. Use these fields independently or combine
them.
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Using the Advanced Search link on the main DL page, users may further customize their search by:
-- item type
-- specifying the month and year an article was published;
-- entering a Computing Classification System (CCS) term;
-- limiting search results to include full-text content only or only content that has a Review attached.
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If a user does not have a specific search in mind, they may conduct a basic “keyword” search from the main DL
page and use the “Refine Your Search” options located on the left of the screen:
-- Refine by Keywords
-- Refine by People
-- Refine by Publications
-- Refine by Conferences
The Basic and Advanced Search tools do not currently include a feature that would allow users to search “Top
Papers”. This is possible with the DL platform’s Analytics Tools utilized in our Author Profile and Institutional
Profile Pages.
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Author Profile Pages
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To find an Author Profile Page you may do a specific search for an author or simply select the name of an author
for any publication listed from your returned search.
Search Example: Tat-Seng Chua
Each Author Profile Page provides an author’s complete publication history, organizational affiliations and
citation counts
The gray box at the left of the screen indicates everything the author themselves may edit including their pictures,
URL to the author’s own homepage, email address, etc.
All other information included on the author page is generated dynamically from extracting the data from the
actual publications and articles (such as colleague and institution affiliations)
The following Bibliometrics data is included on every author’s page detailing the citations for an author’s entire
publication history:
-- Publication Years
-- Publication Count
-- Citation Count
-- Available for download
For a complete explanation of all terms and what data is actually captured users may select the “Bibliometrics” link
located at the top right of the page.
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Institutional Profile Pages
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The Institutional Profile Page is assembled by gathering all of the publication data from articles that includes at
least one author affiliated who is affiliated with that institution at the time of publication.
The data captured on the Institutional Profile page is similar to that included on the Author Profile Pages:
Publication Years, Publications Count, Citations Count. The following additional bibliometrics are also included:
-- Downloads (6 weeks)
-- Downloads (12 months)
-- Downloads (cumulative)
-- Average downloads per article
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The Institutional Profile Page also shows what cutting-edge topics or subject areas or disciplines on which a
specific institution is publishing.
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The subject terms are listed in various fonts to indicate how frequently an institution is publishing in a particular
area. The larger the font, the more publications the institution is outputting in this area. The smaller the font
indicates the institution is publishing fewer articles or publication content in this discipline
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Institutional Profile Pages (continued)
Further down the profile page there is an option to view the “Most Downloaded Articles” over the past 6 weeks
for each institution
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Users may also toggle to the Citation link to view the Most Cited Articles published for an institution
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The following information tabs are also available for each Institutional Profile Page:
-- About tab
-- Award winners from the institution indicating all Turing Award winners and ACM Fellows
-- Authors from the institution and their total publication counts
Note: Users may click on the names of any of these individuals to be taken to their Author Pages
-- Collaborative Institutions
-- Publication Archive indication all publication titles for which the institution has published a paper
-- ACM SIGs or Special Interests Groups with which the institution is affiliated
-- Papers published by the institution which may be sorted by: Year, Publication, Publisher, Citation Count and
Downloads (for the past 6 weeks and for the past 12 months)
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Free Web Account
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ACM users may create a free web account to personalize how they use the ACM DL
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A free ACM Web account allows users to:
– Save searches
– Set up table of contents (or TOC) alerts
– Create virtual binders and reading lists
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The TOC alert service sends an email alert when a new issue of an ACM journal, magazine, newsletter or
proceedings has been posted in the DL. To sign up, log in on the DL main page, and locate the desired publication.
You will find the TOC Service icons under the Tools and Resources box located on the right of the main citation
box.
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The virtual binder allows members to create and name their own personal folders where they can store articles
for future reference. Personal binders can be shared with other users. Access to the full-text of articles is
controlled independently of the binders.
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When free Web Accounts are used in combination with “authenticated access”, users may also utilize the ACM DL
Mobile Application.
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Remote Access to the ACM DL
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Remote access makes it possible to use the ACM DL from anywhere in the world, including the ACM DL
Mobile Application (Android & IOS platforms), so article downloads can happen anytime or anywhere.
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End users should follow this simple 4-step process to take advantage of this new service and start using
the ACM Digital Library remotely:
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Verify with your institution that they have an active institutional subscription to the ACM Digital Library
(talk to your librarian)
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Create a free ACM Web Account by clicking here (If you already have an active ACM Web Account, please
disregard)
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Login to your ACM Web Account from inside your institution's library environment. This will activate your
Remote Access.
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Start using your Remote Access anywhere by logging in to your ACM Web Account
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Understanding ACM DL Usage Statistics
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ACM provides Monthly COUNTER 4 Compliant Usage Statistics through the Scholarly iQ portal at
http://acmreports.org.
COUNTER 4 Compliant reports apply a general standard that works to reduce the potential “inflationary effects”
automated search engines or robots may have on an institution’s usage statistics. The following COUNTER
Reports are currently available:
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Journal Report 1 (JR1): Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Month and Journal
Journal Report 1 GOA (JR1 GOA): Number of Successful Gold Open Access Full-Text Article Requests by Month and
Journal
Journal Report 4 (JR4): Total Searches Run By Month and Collection
Journal Report 5 (JR5): Number of Successful Full-Text Article Requests by Year-of-Publication (YOP) and Journal
Custom Usage Reports are also available. These reports adhere to COUNTER standards with regards to how online
usage statistics are calculated. However, these are not official COUNTER report offerings:
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Top Sheet Summary: Overall Statistics
Affiliated Publications: Article Requests by Month and Affiliation
Downloads: Download Requests by Month and Type
Article Titles: Article Requests by Month and Title
IPs: Number of Successful Page Views by Month and IP
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Understanding ACM DL Usage Statistics (cont’d)
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Custom Usage Reports (cont’d):
o Journals: Article Requests by Month and Journal
o Magazines: Article Requests by Month and Magazine
o Newsletters: Article Requests by Month and Newsletter
o Transactions: Article Requests by Month and Transaction
o Proceedings: Article Requests by Month and Proceedings
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ACM’s usage reports are available in the following formats for download: HTML; PDF; CSV; XLS
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What is SUSHI and how does it relate to COUNTER Release 4?
ACM also provides SUSHI reports (the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative) developed by NISO (National
Information Standards Organizations) in cooperation with COUNTER allows libraries to automate the retrieval of their
COUNTER reports directly into its local system. To activate SUSHI service for your library please email DL-Info@acm.org.
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