ACM the Ultimate Online Resource for Computing Professionals
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) The ACM is the world’s leading publisher of scientific and technical information and conference organizer in the field of Computing ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery ACM • The world’s leading professional member organization in Computing • Comprised of over 118,000 Academics, Practitioners, and Students from over 100 countries around the world • 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 • Active in Public Policy and Educational Curriculum Development • 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) • Publishers of the computing world’s most respected publication program and most used publication platform dedicated to the field of Computing ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery ACM Publications Program • ACM has one of the oldest and most established publication programs in the field, consisting of a wide variety of publication types. • 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. • 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. • Today, the program consists of 61 high impact peer reviewed journals and technology including a collection of hosted full-text publications from select publishers. • Access to 3,000+ ACM conference proceedings volumes, 500+ Volumes of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series, 30,000+ articles from ACMs Special Interest Group technical newsletters, and over 6,500 (video and audio) multimedia files. • In 2014, launched a new series of advanced level research books and graduate level textbooks. • ACM is highly selective in starting new publications, but on average launches 2-3 new journals annually. ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery ACM Digital Library Platform • One of the world’s most used scholarly databases in Computing with 11,800,000+ full-text downloads in 2015 • The platform is owned, maintained, and hosted by ACM with unique features & functionality • Full-text database contains over 430,000 articles from ACMs complete publications archive dating back to 1951 • Guide to Computing Literature database contains approx. 2,500,000 bibliographic records • Platform contains detailed Author, Institution, and Publication Analytics – Quick demo at end • Remote Access Tool for end users now available – access from anywhere in the world • ACM DL Mobile Application for iPhone & Android • New ACM Books series covering entire field of Computing (See http://books.acm.org) ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Very Briefly about ACM Digital Library The ACM Digital Library is three databases in one: 1. Full-text Articles published by ACM & full-text Articles published by Affiliates including: -- 430,000+ Full-text Articles – combination of journals, conferences, technical magazines, newsletters, affiliated publications, etc. -- 2.0+ Million Pages of Full-text Articles -- 20,000+ New Full-Text Articles Loaded Annually -- 6,500+ Multimedia files (Audio & Video) -- 3,000+ ACM Conference Proceedings Full-Text -- Online access to the complete archive of all ACM Publications dating back to each publication's first issue or volume 2. Abstracting & Indexing Service covering the entire field of computing called the Guide to Computing Literature (i.e.- Scopus for CS). The Guide is the largest Bibliographic Database in field of Computing and is fully integrated on the DL Platform including: -- approx. 2.5 million records -- 1,780,000 Authors’ works indexed by the DL -- 15,000+ Institutions’ works indexed by the DL -- 6,000+ Publisher Imprints indexed by the DL -- 176,565 books indexed by the DL -- 17,310 unique conference publication volumes 3. Analytics Tool to help analyze CS publications, authors, & institutions ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery The ACM Computing Classification System (CCS) ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery What is the ACM CCS? ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library Subject Areas Subject and Technical Areas Covered by the ACM Digital Library Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Graphics/Imaing Gaming eLearning Interaction Design Communication Data mining Databases Design Automation Embedded Systems Networking Human Computer Interaction Wireless/Mobility Computer Architecture Data Structures Distributed Computing Security Software Network Architecture Many other more specialized topics covered (i.e.- published by ACM or not published by ACM) ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Business & Economics Content • Business Subject and Technical Areas Covered by the • Economics Subject and Technical Areas Covered by the ACM Digital Library: ACM Digital Library: – Business-to-Business eProcurement – Security – Modeling Business Processes – Software – Product Ranking in eBusiness – Data Mining – eBusiness – Evaluation – Business Intelligence Applications – Data Analysis – Business Process Management – Communications – Industry Standards – Economic Modeling – Modelling – Market Entry Strategies – Business Service Networks – Manufacturing – Strategic Business Modeling – Management Information Systems – Electronic Retailing – Optimization – Customer Relationship Management – Resource Allocation – Business Transaction Assurance – Electronic Commerce – Mobile Business – Information Security – Agile Development – Internet Economics – Business Process Redesign – Privacy – Cross-Organizational Business Models – Infrastructure – Applications Integration – Optimization AlgorithmsBehavioral Economics – IT Investments – Collaboration – Software Development Process – Networking – Software Business Models – Crowdsourcing – Social Business – Offshore Outsourcing – IT Security – Simulation – Information Systems – Economic Development – Internet Economics ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Main Landing Page ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Basic Search Searching the Guide vs. the Full-Text • 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. • Search results will automatically default to results retrieved from the full-text ACM collection. • From this point users may choose to expand their search to include the bibliographic citation content by selecting “Expand Your Search to The ACM Guide to Computing Literature” link. • By selecting the Guide link users will see there are now over 2,485,581 records indexed in the database • By limiting a search to the full-text publications from the ACM full-text Collection users will see there are now over 430,000 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. This is the hosted full- text publications from select publishers. • Searching a specific term in the Guide will return both the full-text and citation content in the search results © 2016 Association for Computing Machinery Search Results ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Advanced Search ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Advanced Search • 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. • 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. © 2016 Association for Computing Machinery Free ACM Web Account • ACM users may create a free web account to personalize how they use the ACM DL • A free ACM Web account allows users to: – Save searches – Set up table of contents (or TOC) alerts – Create virtual binders • 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. • 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. ©2016 Association for Computing Machinery Author Profile Pages • To find an Author Profile Page you may do a specific search for