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Including all ACM publications, including journals, conference papers, technical magazines, newsletters and books
Broad spectrum of research designs
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Basic functions
Search functions
You can also search by title and publisher according to the document type under "Browse".
AND, OR and NOT. The following characters have a special meaning in the ACM Digital Library: + - && || ! () {} [] ^ " ~ * ? : /. To instruct the search to interpret one of these characters literally and not as a special character, the character must be preceded by a backslash: ~~. The term ~~web -based, for example, searches for web NOT based. You must therefore either remove the space before ~- or enter web -based to find web-based documents.
* Truncation to replace an unlimited number of characters. ? truncation to replace a single character. Wildcards can be used at the end of a word or within a word, but not at the beginning.
Using quotation marks. Wildcards do not work within quotation marks.
"Anywhere".
E.g. Keyword, affiliation, conference location.
Citing references are displayed, but cannot be systematically exported.
Cited references are displayed, but cannot be systematically exported.
Filter functions
Can be narrowed down to the exact year.
Conference, author and institution.
Display of search results
Oldest and newest posts.
However, it is possible to display all authors in addition to the references shown.
Number of downloads and quotes.
10, 20 and 50.
Search process and export
RSS feed.
Help
E.g. to save the search.
Next to the advanced search interface ("Advanced Search") you will find information about the search.
Special functions
Important search commands
Search term is only searched for in the title.
Search term is only searched in the abstract.
Search term is only searched for in the source title.
Search term is only searched for in authors.
Citation searching
Backward citation searching
Cited references are displayed, but cannot be systematically exported.
- Click on a hit in the hit view.
- In the detailed view, click on "References" on the right-hand side or scroll down.
- The cited references can be viewed.
Forward citation searching
Citing references are displayed, but cannot be systematically exported.
- Click on a hit in the hit view.
- In the detailed view, click on the symbol for "Metrics" (square arrow) and click on "Total Citations".
- Click on "View all".
- The citing references can be viewed.
Export of results
Export of single hits
- In the hit list or detailed view, click on the quotation mark symbol for a desired hit.
- Select the desired file format and click on "Download Citation" (down arrow).
- All further steps depend on the Internet browser and reference management program used.
Export of all hits at once
- Check the "Select all" box above the hit view.
- Click on the "Export Citations" button that appears next to it.
- Select the "All Results" tab, choose the desired export format and click on "Download Citation" (down arrow).
- All further steps depend on the Internet browser and reference management program used.
Export of all results (alternative)
Related links
- Help area: Next to the advanced search interface ("Advanced Search") you will find information about the search.