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ACM Digital Library

Want to know more about how the licensing process works? Check out our FAQ!

License Begins

July 1, 2021

License Ends

June 30, 2022

Description

The ACM Digital Library (DL) is the most comprehensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic records in existence today covering the fields of computing and information technology. The full-text database includes the complete collection of ACM's publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and multimedia titles and currently consists of:

  • 340,000 Full-text articles
  • 2.0+ Million Pages of full-text articles
  • 20,000+ New full-text articles added each year
  • 44+ High Impact Journals with 2-3 new journals being launched each year
  • 275+ Conference Proceedings Titles added each year
  • 2,000+ Proceedings Volumes
  • 8 Magazines (including the flagship Communications of the ACM, the most heavily cited publication in the field of computing according to Thomson-Reuters)
  • 37 Technical Newsletters from ACM's Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
  • 4,600+ Video files
  • 455 Audio files

In addition to the full-text database, the ACM Digital Library is heavily integrated with and includes unrestricted access to the Guide to Computing Literature bibliography.

The ACM Digital Library includes reference linking though CrossRef, integration with the ACM Computing Reviews database, index terms using ACM's Computing Classification Scheme (CCS), alerting and TOC services, and all export formats including BibTex, Endnote, and ACM Ref, as well as OpenURL compliance, and COUNTER III and SUSHI Compliant usage statistics.

Full Resource Details
Marc Records: 
No
Platform: 

https://libraries.acm.org/ 

Chron coverage: 
1954-Present
Content Types: 
  • Media
  • Index
  • FullText

License & Terms Details

Current Invitation/Renewal: 
ACM Digital Library
Vendor: 
Association for Computing Machinery
Access Details
  • Unlimited Access
  • Remote Access
  • Authentication by static IP address
Full License & Terms Details
ILL: 
Yes
eReserves: 
Yes
Perpetual Access: 
No
Alumni Access: 
No

Participating institutions

  • Athabasca University Library
  • Bow Valley College
  • Concordia University of Edmonton
  • Northwestern Polytechnic Library
  • King's University, The
  • MacEwan University Library
  • Mount Royal University Library
  • Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Library
  • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Polytechnic Library
  • University of Alberta Library
  • University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources
  • University of Lethbridge Library
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